Please choose the correct ending to complete the given sentence: Work World: [header] How to discipline an employee [title] Conduct your own investigation. [step] Before you bring any disciplinary action against an employee at any stage of progressive discipline, it's important that you review the evidence against the employee. [substeps] Ask yourself who is actually at fault in the situation.

Ending1: For example, if you have a customer who doesn't have cash on the table, you could ask to have a customer sit while the customer checks out. Similarly, when you ask an employee for money, it will help if you get the opinion of the employee and offer a reasonable discount on the purchase. Ending2: Could the employee have violated specific ethical or genuine ethical policies? If the employee happened to violate some of these policies, then the disciplinary action would be considered " reasonable. " however, you could be prosecuted for disciplinary violations by the employee if you believe that the employee violated the ethical and genuine standards set out in the workplace. Ending3: It's possible that the situation is more complex than you initially thought. Consider whether the employee had full control over his performance--for example, did the employee fully understand the roles and assignments of his position? [title] Ask to speak in private. Ending4: Does the employee seem to be doing " this " to benefit you or to get you to " trust him "? Look at the company from a different perspective. Are you required to see this person, or are you required to hire someone else to oversee the problem? Research indicates it is probably something that must be done already.

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