¶ … human rights violation you selected and explain why you see it as a human rights violation. Then consider how the issue could be addressed or resolved and explain if you believe you have a duty or an obligation to act based on this violation. Why or why not?
Human rights violations in the workplace
According to Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: "Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers." It may be a great surprise for some Americans, however, to learn that not all American citizens have an equal right to freedom of political association. For example, in the U.S. Supreme Court decision Adler v Board of Education, the Court found that the First Amendment...
According to Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes: "There may be a constitutional right to talk politics, but there is no constitutional right to be a policeman" (Linder 2012). There was no 'constitutional' right to work for the government and when the employee decided to do so it was assumed that employee had accepted some constraints.
However, in 1967, the Court reversed its decision on Adler in Pickering v Board of Education, which "considered the case of a public school teacher fired for writing a letter to a newspaper critical of the local school board" (Linder 2012). The Court ordered the teacher reinstated given that the teacher was expressing his or her beliefs as a private citizen. However, in Garcetti v Ceballos, the Court found that a DA that had been "transferred and…
