Workplace bullying

Chapter 20 Online Hour Task Policy Regulation of Alcohol and drug testing, workplace harassment, and personal use of workplace technology (Social Media) Drug and Alcohol Testing Regulation at Workplace: In the case that an employee does test positive for drug use, or fails a sobriety test, you need to decide what type of disciplinary action will be taken. Perhaps surprisingly, the consensus among most experts is immediate termination. “When someone is truly under the influence of something and…

Legislation Against Workplace Bullying The Joint Commission issued a Sentinel Event Alert (SEA) in 2008 to inform healthcare agencies that intimidating behavior across the healthcare settings has been shown to foster medical errors, contribute to poor patient satisfaction and to preventable adverse outcomes, increase the cost of care, cause qualified clinicians, administrators, and managers to seek new positions in more professional environments (Lim, 2014). In 2008 the Joint Commission took…

situations involving groping or getting raped for fear of losing some type of benefit or job security, as well as actions that have made working and feeling comfortable while at work difficult. The unfortunate side of sexual harassment while in the workplace is that no matter how many seminar’s employees complete, understanding…

to believe that many women do not have the qualities or the potential that are required to obtain certain positions that a man would hold in the work field. For many centuries, gender stereotypes have created barriers and hindered women in the workplace. Women have been treated unfairly, looked upon as objects, and discriminated against. Gender stereotyping also leads to sexual harassment and pregnancy discrimination. This can stagnate a women’s growth socially and psychologically, and cause…

Effects of and Responses to Workplace Sexual Harassment Victims of workplace SH experience a range of ill effects, such as job dissatisfaction and absenteeism. Victims also exhibit nervousness, anger and irritability, low self-esteem and elevated stress . In their research, Thacker and Gohmann found that the worst effects were associated with supervisor SH, sexual coercion, long term SH and SH in male dominated settings. Thacker and Gohmann draw upon several theories to explain these findings.…

Latoya Guider Professor Jeff Sing CMT 220 23 September 2015 Harassment in the workplace Harassment is an act perpetrated by an individual that makes someone feel uncomfortable, offended, frightened or abused. This would have to take place in an environment such as an office, store, school, factory or anywhere people are employed and/or conduct business, in order for it to be considered workplace harassment. The most frequent type of harassment is sexual harassment. The Equal Employment…

In the podcast “Foul Language” by Craig Kopp, Kelly McBride and Art Caplan, the topic that is addressed is, foul language in the workplace. In the beginning of the podcast they listen to, Anthony Scaramucci’s, Former White House Director of Communications, interview with a news reporter from the New Yorker. During the interview he used swear words several times. Later in the article they explain how Scaramucci took swearing to another level. In his interview he did not only swear, he used the…

and “Should we do something about it?” have been strung out for far too long. Sexually harassing women, whether it be in the workplace, in school, or in daily life, is wrong because it degrades women, promotes isolation, and gives the perpetrator a sense of domination over their victim. Though many believe that sexaul harassment is wrong,…

I’ve been meaning to write about this subject for while now and it’s been covered extensively by the media for last couple of months. I’ve seen other women and girls posting #metoo and I did not have the the mental strength or fortitude to do so at the time myself. I’ve experienced all levels of sexual harassment from just walking down the street to a professional environment. I’ve been made to feel over and over again that this was my fault that some how by breathing or merely existing…

The idea that the workplace is unbiased is a threat to the progress that companies other businesses that were trying to achieve. However, women made development as an international workplace, but the improvement is losing drive. The wage that women make seventy cents for every dollar may not be the financial actuality, but the wage equality for similar…