Punished because of faked credentials: is this fair?
By manong05
@manong05 (5027)
Philippines
October 19, 2009 7:57am CST
A ship's captain was about to retire after serving for almost 30 years. His fellow countryman working in the same ship found out about his secret that he faked his diploma when he applied for the job years ago and reported him to the company. He is very intelligent and skillful that he rose from the ranks. As a punishment the company terminated him without pay and his pension and other benefits were forfeited. He came home penniless.
Do you think the punishment is too harsh and unfair?
Does he deserve it?
4 responses
@abhikmjmdr (779)
• India
19 Oct 09
It certainly not fair.But most things in this world is not.On humanitarian grounds the captain earned every penny of his pay and pension but legally the company was right, what the captain had committed was fraud and according to law a crime never pays.In this case literally. A career based on falsehood is definitely to be frowned upon and the company had to make and instance of it to discourage further such practices.
@manong05 (5027)
• Philippines
19 Oct 09
this is a clear example of cases which are legally right but morally questionable. They can terminate him, ok, but morally they should have at least recognized the longevity of his service and his dedication to his job. A little monetary consideration is not too much for a multimillion company.
cheers!
@manong05 (5027)
• Philippines
19 Oct 09
The company has a legal claim like what I've stated in the above comment, he signed in the application form that all the informations he submitted are authentic and falsification will result to termination and forfeiture of all benefits due him. It just so happened that it took to long for them to discover. If not for that stup*d fellow countryman who perhaps was envious of him.
cheers!
@maximax8 (31042)
• United Kingdom
17 Feb 10
The ship's captain had proved himself by serving for around 30 years. He had been an excellent employee for all those years. It was wrong of him to give fake credentials in the first place but he had done that all those years ago. His employer should have questioned him about why he had faked his certificate. He could have had a much lighter punishment like two weeks without pay for example. He still should get his pension. Sometimes life can be very unfair. I feel sorry for the captain.
@deepasubramani (1074)
• India
19 Oct 09
According to me this was not fair, after he had served the company for almost 30 years. the unpunishment was too harsh & unfair, They should have punished him in other way.
@manong05 (5027)
• Philippines
19 Oct 09
Apparently the company's argument was he declared in his application that all the informations he submitted were authentic and that he is subject for termination in case a falsification was discovered. But at least, they should have given him a "goodwill" money or something, that's my personal point of view.
cheers!
