Your turn: how would you choose to discipline these misbehaving civil servants?

By The Canadian Press

OTTAWA – Imagine being part of a federal disciplinary panel charged with deciding how to handle a misbehaving civil servant. Below are two genuine situations — the names have been changed — that such panels had to deal with this past year.

What course of action would you recommend? Take the test below and see how you measure up with what the real-life panel decided.

Situation No.1

Marie is already in the civil service, but applied for a new job in a new department. During an exam, Marie was told she could not use the Internet to help with her answers during the three-hour test. She went online anyway to help on two key criteria that were being evaluated. The investigators who looked into the incident believe her actions could have compromised the entire hiring process.

Do you recommend Marie:

a) Be fired?

b) Receive three days suspension without pay?

c) Rewrite the exam?

d) Be banned from applying for another government job for two years?

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Situation No. 2

John was taking a written exam for a job in the civil service when he noticed he was running out of time. When time ran out on the first part of the test, John continued to write, despite having been warned about adhering to the time limits. The investigators who looked into the incident believe his actions could have compromised the entire hiring process.

Do you recommend John:

a) Be suspended without pay for one day?

b) Be fired?

c) Be given a verbal reprimand?

d) Have to provide an apology to other job applicants?

Answers

Situation No.1 = B (three days suspension without pay)

Situation No. 2 = C (verbal reprimand)

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