To Test or Not to Test: A Dilemma in Indian BPO Firms

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Case Code:

CLHR024

Case Length:

2

Period:

Pub Date:

2009

Teaching Note:

NO

Price (Rs):

200

Organization:

Not Applicable

Industry:

Technology & Communications

Country:

India

Themes:

Organizational Culture,Human Capital 

Abstract

Indian BPOs were facing a peculiar problem. Alcoholism, substance abuse and promiscuity had become a part of the “BPO culture” and lifestyle. Organizations intended to curb such behavior with alcohol testing and HIV testing measures. Would this policy lead to discrimination, experts wondered.

Learning Objectives

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Keywords

BPO, stress, burn out, India, alcoholism, substance abuse, workplace, HIV, HIV testing, alcohol testing, peer pressure, BPO culture, lifestyle, monitoring, discrimination, attrition rate

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