They can make a formal grievance complaint if they’ve tried solving a problem by talking to manager but they’re not satisfied. The employer should put their grievance procedure in writing. Worker should be able to find this in their: company handbook human resources (HR) or personnel manual HR intranet site employment contract Their employer’s grievance procedure should include these steps:
Consensual Relationship Agreements Case Study Question 1 Argue for the use of Consensual Relationship Agreements (CRAs) in your current (or future) workplace. Answer Dating and romance in the workplace is an interesting topic that will cause quite a discussion among many professionals and their coworkers. In the book titled Office Mate: The Employee Handbook for Finding and Managing Romance on the Job, 38% of employees ages twenty- five to twenty-nine have had an office romance (Losee & Olen, 2007, p. 55). Now, many individuals view office romances as an unavoidable trend as a result of people working together that share the same common interests (Losee & Olen, 2007). However, many people wonder what can be done to decrease the problematic situations that can arise when office romances occur in the workplace.
1.1 Explain reasons for knowing the purpose of communication Communication is important to any business, all colleagues need to be able to communicate to each other and to customers via phone, fax, email, face to face. If we spoke to a colleague disrespectfully this would impact on our work as it would course friction in the working environment and means team work is not at its best which important to a business so every employee works efficiently. If employees were rude to customers this would have an effect on the company as it would damage the reputation and loose us business. At Traplet it is important for all departments to communicate as we all work on making sure the magazines go to print on print date, without communication we wouldn’t know what stage the magazine was at, the page count, if we didn’t communicate the advertisers would over or under sell on the pages, the editors may not get articles in on time, proof reading would be rush and mistake would be made. For these reasons, it is important all departments liaise with each other to make sure the magazines goes to print on time.
Being sexually harassed can make a lot of people feel powerless, but there laws in place protecting our right to a safe, non-hostile workplace. In the case of the hostile workplace, one might not be directly harassed, but if the language and attitudes of one's coworkers makes one feel marginalized, threatened, or objectified, it is important that one say something, if not directly to the offending party, then to a supervisor. In more direct cases, it is important that one report to their immediate supervisor about the incident. Many companies have specific procedures for such incidents, and those procedures are best followed to the letter. Document all complaints.
Introduction Upon reading this chapter, you may feel like you are preparing for a project management role rather than an information security role, but you’ll soon see that the interests of those who manage the business and those who safeguard it are intertwined. This chapter, more so than any of the other domains of the Common Body of Knowledge, deals with business management concerns: how to prepare for an emergency or calamity and how to respond and continue operations under suboptimal business conditions. 123 Information Security: Principles and Practices, by Mark S. Merkow, CISSP, CISM and Jim Breithaupt. Published by Prentice Hall. Copyright © 2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. ISBN: 0-558-86622-0 124 CHAPTER 6 | Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery Planning In this chapter, you will learn about the goals of sound business continuity planning and disaster recovery planning, how these two types of planning differ, the types of threats that could invoke emergency planning and procedures, and several of the more prominent techniques organizations are using to plan for and hopefully prevent a disruption in business activities.
When it comes to organizational culture affects the way workers respond and react when positioned in ethical problems Organization’s culture can disclose the unwritten ethical standards that guide workers in their decision-making. Some companies can prevent unsafe ethical behavior by changing their organizational culture. Organizational culture is the study of the attitudes, beliefs and psychology within an organization. It not only includes how workers act together, but also how they connect with others outside of the organization. Ethical standards are the code of conduct required by the organization for workers to follow.
Working with people for long periods gives room for relationships and repore to be established. In a business setting between employees and clients this can cause moral and ethical issues to arise. As an employee of a substance abuse treatment center, it is encouraged that staff build a repore as well as a relationship with clients, but the relationship is to be stopped when a client graduates the program and is discharged. This causes a moral dilemma in decisions that can be life-changing for both the client and the employee. Moral dilemmas are best defined as “to be faced with a situation in which no matter what one does, one does wrong” (Hughes, 2012, p. 1).
Another risk that the firm faces is legal. Just like employees can file lawsuits against the company other stakeholder groups such as suppliers and customers can also take legal action against the company. The unionization of employees is a risk that can affect the employee relations of the company. A union can ask for exorbitant pay raises which could force Walmart to raise its payroll expenses which would lower the profitability of the firm. A union also has the power to shut down the operations of the firm if the employees go on
Assignment 1: Consensual Relationship Agreements Dr. Damita Goods Strayer University October 28, 2012 Abstract Argue for the use of Consensual Relationship Agreements (CRAs) in your current (or future) workplace. Create a counter argument against the use of CRAs in your current (or future) workplace. Discuss the ethical principles involved in the use of CRAs. Create at least one other option besides CRAs that would address workplace romances. Argue for the use of Consensual Relationship Agreements (CRAs) in your current (or future) workplace It can be assumed that 41% of single employees will become romantically involved with a co-worker in the course of one’s career.
In this paper Team B will explain the scope of Title VII and its applications in the workplace. We will address the history and evolution of Title VII and its amendments, the application of Title VII and amendments in the workplace, who is covered and not covered under Title VII and its amendments, how disparate impact discrimination and disparate treatment discrimination occur under Title VII and their implications. Lastly, we will also discuss policies that companies must have in place to avoid violations of Title VII and its amendments and how the law defines sexual harassment and employers’ responsibilities for addressing employees’ complaints in the work place. The History & Evolution of Title VII & its Amendments (PDA, ADA, ADEA) Today's employment practices were