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Winter 2018
ISSN 0890-913X
Volume 33, Number 4

Compensating Suicide

David J. Hebert, Aquinas College
Noah J. Trudeau, West Virginia University
George R. Crowley, Troy University
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CompensatingSuicideDavidJ.HebertAquinasCollegeGeorgeR.CrowleyTroyUniversityNoahJ.TrudeauWestVirginiaUniversityTheJournalofPrivateEnterprise33(4),2018,4560______________________________________________________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,dozensifnothundredsofotherpeoplearoundTheauthorsthankthefacultyandgraduatestudentsatTroyUniversityandCreightonUniversity,AlexanderSalter,andtwoanonymousrefereesfortheirinsightfulcommentsonearlierdrafts.WealsothankAustinDealforhisworktranslatingseveralarticlesforus.Allremainingerrorsareourown.
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