Thinking critically about ethics

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1 Thinking critically about ethics
曾思嘉 胡琪

2 Introduction Many fast-food restaurant are opening earlier and closing later. As restaurants stay open longer, employee deaths have increased.

3 Some existence issue What are employees really need when working in late night? Security  the problem we are going to discuss Others: Health problem…

4 Fatal Late shift The 45-year-old former Burger King manager and mother of three had experience two fatal robberies while working alone after midnight. 圖片:

5 Fatal Late shift She lost hearing in her right ear because of being pistol-whipped in 2006. Nine months later, while working alone in the 4 a.m. darkness. A former employee stabbed her 21 times before strangling her with her bow tie. 資料來源: USATODAY,2007

6 Late shift proves deadly to more fast-food workers
Customer demand and the lure of extra sales Fast-food stores have stretched their days with later closings and earlier openings. The extra nighttime hours, however, bring extra risk for crime.

7 Late shift proves deadly to more fast-food workers
Questions now are being raised about whether the industry, with 4 million U.S. workers, is adequately beefing up protection for those hours.

8 Fast-food security moves
McDonald's USA Chief Operating Officer Jan Fields says A "majority" of units open past midnight offer only drive-through service Most McDonald's have cameras. Employee security is "top of mind for us."

9 Fast-food security moves
Burger King. Day and night security Wendy's. “Extensive" security procedures Taco Bell. “Stepped up security training, including updating crime-prevention videos," KFC. “Heighten" security at units open late.

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11 Our reflections 我覺得速食店員工工作到深夜，雖然很多人可能覺 得乍看之下不合理，或者沒有必要，但是這其實是 因為有這個市場，現在的年輕人夜貓族越來越多， 所以我覺得可以把夜班都盡量排男生，畢竟男店員 如果遇到狀況的反擊能力應該較強，並且店內應該 要加設一些安全性的裝置，或者乾脆大夜班的直接 改成打電話到店裡，就直接幫你外送，這樣就可以 先把店關好，只留下廚房，這樣應該可以減少被搶 劫的危機。還有夜班應該要盡量選年輕人，因為年 輕人平常就晚睡，比較不會因為作息不同，而精神 不好或者影響健康。 胡琪

12 Our reflections 速食店將營業時間延伸到全天，雖然可以創造更多 利潤，但卻讓晚班的員工承擔不小的安全危險。
現在的速食店幾乎都加裝了攝影機，或是在晚間只 開放車道窗口點餐(可以減少顧客與員工接觸的面積， 對雙方都有保障)，有些店家甚至使用防彈玻璃窗口， 提高安全性。 晚班也可以多選擇體力較好的年輕人，並加強他們 的安全訓練(防身術，或是遇到警急狀況的應對方法)。 由許多案例可知，在賺取更多利潤的同時，速食店 有必要去正視員工的安全問題。 曾思嘉