Drug Testing In Selection: Legal, Ethical and Privacy Issues

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Drug Testing In Selection Legal, Ethical and
Privacy Issues

• Joanna Bonilla, Anthony Bordogna, Danielle Dow,
  Antoine Woods, Stephanie Brawley

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Legal

• Prospective
• Once-a-year testing

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Privacy

• The right of the people to be secure in their
  persons, houses, papers, and effects, against
  unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be
  violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon
  probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation,
  and particularly describing the place to be
  searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
  
• -A direct quote from the American Constitution.

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Privacy

• Employee
• Feel they should be tested solely to determine if
  their workplace performance has been affected
  negatively.
• Employers
• Feel that it is an effective and necessary aid in
  the selection process.
• When it comes to drug-screening, an employees
  privacy is indifferent.

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Privacy

• No federal law prohibits the use of
  drug-screening tests.
• The method used by the employer in administering
  the drug test can make the employer liable under
  tort law for invasion of privacy.

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Ethical

• Potential employees feel that these tests are
  unfair
• Random drug-testing

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Fun Facts

• Drug screening began in 1970.
• From 1987-1997, drug screening increased 277.
• The average cost of a urinary analysis is 35 per
  applicant/employee.
• Types of drug tests blood, urine and hair.

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American View of Drug Testing in Corporations
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Questions??