Workplace wellness

CASE – SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN THE WORKPLACE The case is about sexual harassment in the work place. There is a lady name Rosetta who is facing sexual harassment in the work place, sexual harassment is a form of discrimination involving the making of unwanted sexual abuses and obscene remarks. This is strictly prohibited under Canadian Human Rights Act. Regarding the case, this is a reasonable instance of sexual harassment, According to the case study, Rosetta’s co-workers usually ask Rosetta about…

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…

Srivastava and Singh (1981) identified twelve factors which caused occupational stress such as Role overload, Role ambiguity, Role conflict, group pressures, low profitability, under participation, low status, responsibility for people, intrinsic impoverishment, strenuous work, poor peer relations and powerlessness. Non Work Stresses Besides the stressors prevailing in work setting, a number of non-work or off the job factors are the indirect sources of occupational stress. Models of work and…

Sexual harassment comes in different forms in the workplace and academic settings (Crooks & Baur, 2014). People can be met with unwanted sexual comments, demands, or advances (Lecture 3, 2011). The two types of harassment include: quid pro quo and “hostile or offensive environment”. Quid pro quo is where a person is given an ultimatum to comply with unwanted sexual advances in order to keep a job, get a promotion, or get a good grade (Crooks & Baur, 2014). A “hostile or offensive environment” is…

that is preventable. People who believe they have more power over another will use it to their advantage and take control of a victim, significantly damaging their-self esteem. This despicable act is becoming increasingly more common in schools, in workplaces, and in sports. As a child, being exposed to an incident of bullying has altered my perception. My view of bullying has changed, for the better, as I grew up. When I was twelve years old, an incident occured that would forever changed my…

why bullying of nurses in the Workplace environment needs to be corrected. The bullying of nurses in the workplace environment is a big issue in today’s society that needs…

Stress can be defines as feeling of strain or pressure. Since I work in a sales field, I come across stress more often than many others. I have experienced headaches, anxiety and once in a while apathy. When the workplace stress presents bodily or psychological harm to the employee, it can be viewed as negative. If employee is in constant stress related to job field, it can affect their productivity and not only the employee will view the job as negative, the employer might also feel its…

care"(Lachman, Swanson, & Winland-Brown, 2015, p. 364). By breaking this tenet, you created the ethical dilemma of no longer creating a moral work environment for yourself or others. It is a nurse 's ethical and moral obligation to make sure that your workplace environment supports both patients and other…

Workers conflict in the workplace is a universal incidence, consequential from the disagreements in workers’ personalities and principles. When populace works jointly, conflict becomes a fraction of doing commerce. Studies indicate that managers use up at least of 25 percent of their time resolving disagreements in the places of work. Disagreements have a dreadful reputation. In most cases, conflict is connected with raised tones, intense disputes, and far above the ground aggravation. Dealing…

“Perception refers to the experience of obtaining sensory information about the world of people, things, and events, and to the underlying process.” (Hochberg, 2010). Every individual people have his own perceptions towards everything in organizations which depends on how they see themselves and others and decides how they think, behave and how they evaluate themselves and other people in return. In the contemporary society, people do not only focus on the behavior merely but also pay more…