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Winter 2018

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 33, Number 4

Categories: Winter 2018 | Employee suicide

Compensating Suicide

David J. Hebert, Aquinas College

Noah J. Trudeau, West Virginia University

George R. Crowley, Troy University

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CompensatingSuicideDavidJ.Hebert∗AquinasCollegeGeorgeR.CrowleyTroyUniversityNoahJ.TrudeauWestVirginiaUniversityTheJournalofPrivateEnterprise33(4),2018,45–60______________________________________________________AbstractConventionalwisdomsuggeststhateffortstoimprovethelivesofworkerswithinoppressivelaborconditionswouldbeviewedatleastneutrally,ifnotpositively.Recentwork,suchasPowell(2014),countersthisassumption.Ourworkextendsthisidea,applyingittodeleteriouseffectsonemployeeactionratherthanonemployeeopportunity.Specifically,welookatthecaseofFoxconnemployeesuicidesinthespringof2010.Weconcludewithacautionarynote:thatpublicinfluenceisindeedapowerfultoolcapableofmuchgood,butthatcaremustbetakentopreventitfrombeingmisused,evenifunintentionally.______________________________________________________JELCodes:B53,J81,M59Keywords:Foxconn,employeesuicide,Apple,publicopinion,media,unintendedconsequencesI.IntroductionThispaperseekstoprovideanewunderstandingofsuicideintheworkplace(andincentivescreatedbystepstakentopreventit)inthehopethatthesetragiceventscanbereduced.Employeesuicide,whichwedefineasapersoncommittingsuicideasadirectresultoffactorscausedbytheirworkplaceenvironment,iswithoutadoubtatragicevent.Beyondtheobviouseffectthatsuchanacthasonthelifeoftheindividual,dozensifnothundredsofotherpeoplearound∗TheauthorsthankthefacultyandgraduatestudentsatTroyUniversityandCreightonUniversity,AlexanderSalter,andtwoanonymousrefereesfortheirinsightfulcommentsonearlierdrafts.WealsothankAustinDealforhisworktranslatingseveralarticlesforus.Allremainingerrorsareourown.

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Title	Compensating Suicide
Authors/Creators:	David J. Hebert, Aquinas College Noah J. Trudeau, West Virginia University George R. Crowley, Troy University
Year:	2018
Volume:	33
Number:	4
Pages:	45 - 60
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education.
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	Foxconn, employee suicide, Apple, public opinion, media, unintended consequences

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Hebert, David J.; Trudeau, Noah J.; Crowley, George R. / 2018. "Compensating Suicide." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 33(4): 45-60.