Burlington Northern Railway: Fair Settlement In Genetic Testing Lawsuit?
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6
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6 pages in length. The hotly debated topic of genetic testing continues to expand beyond current boundaries with the precedent-setting U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF). While genetic testing has crept its way into the semi-socially acceptable range of such areas as detecting birth defects, it in no way has been - or will ever be - considered within appropriate legal or ethical limits to incorporate it into the workplace. BNSF learned this lesson the hard way after it was sued for genetically testing thirty-six employees who all had filed claims of carpal tunnel syndrome. Justifying the company's action as trying to protect against claims made by those who may have been genetically predisposed to this particular condition, railroad representatives only admitted they were wrong only after their actions were discovered. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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