All employees have certain rights but with those rights come duties that they must adhere to. Although there are no restrictions when appointing people except that they should be properly trained and qualified, there are certain groups of people who merit special attention with regard to health and safety. Kant's principle is often used to justify both a fundamental moral right, the right to freely choose for oneself, and also rights related to this fundamental right. Rights provide something that people need to secure their well being, in this case the right to employment to support human basic needs. Rights impose a positive duty on society—the duty actively to help a person to have or to do something. An employee’s right to a job, for example, imposes on society a duty to provide that employee with a job.

Kant believed that a person always treats himself as an end, or as something of ultimate value rather than a means or limited value. Therefore, a person should treat everyone in this manner. Hence, lying on my resume may be morally wrong but it gave me an ultimate value to secure that job in this particular situation. The competition is fierce for better paying jobs. There are different criteria for hiring; others depend on academic qualification and others on experience or both.  If I’m performing my job satisfactorily regardless of the inflated resume, then I believe I’ve a right to that job. Besides, entry-level jobs are hard to get because employers need employees with experience: where will I acquire such experience if I’m not given a chance.

The duties employees owe to their employer include the following:
  • Duty to be honest and to do what a reasonable employee would do in any situation.  
  • Not to disrupt business, for example, taking part in industrial action.
  • Disclose wrongdoing (does not include useless convictions). But, the employee must disclose wrongdoing by other employees, even if this will incriminate them.
  • Carry out and follow orders of the employer as long as they are legal.
  • Not to disclose the employer's confidential information.
  • Work with reasonable care and skill and look after the employer's property if using it.
  • Not to compete in business against the employer while still working for them as an employee.
  • Not to take bribes.
  • Be prepared to change when the job changes, for example, if computers or other machinery are introduced to help the employee do their job.
  • Give any inventions to employer if the employee develops them during the time of employment.

References:
Boatright, John R. (2003). “Ethics and The Conduct of Business.” Upper Saddle River:
                  Prentice Hall