Work disciplinary issue need help!

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I'm CEO of a national organisation and we're going through a tricky period at work One of my managers has broken the workplace rules but I like him and want him to stay. Unfortunately the rest of the workforce have caught on and are feeling a bit miffed. He told them what he's done but explained he didn't really break the rules as they would have done as he has a copy of the loophole regulations that most staff don't. He didn't bother to offer an apology as he ranks higher than them in the organisation. Now some of them are calling for him to be sacked, I'm not sure what to do, I think I might just wait and see how many staff are upset and let that decide it? I really can't see any other course of action.

Yawn. So many threads like this.

@chatwoo

It's alright, I've told all the other middle managers to just tell the staff to shut up and get on with it. Problem solved. I sometimes wonder why I took this job in the first place!

As long as you understand that what your manager did and the action that you took (or didn't take) to deal with it will never be forgotten and will be rehashed every time that you have to discipline somebody in the future.