Confidentiality - Workplace confidentiality is a framework of workplace procedures and policies designed to maintain the integrity of confidential or potentially compromising information handled in the workplace. For certain types of information, there are laws about how the information should be handled, designed to maintain privacy for people trusting companies with confidential information. For others, no specific laws dictate information handling practices, but the workplace develops best practices on the grounds that the information should be
Employers may use video with sound to monitor employees under this act only if: 1) the monitoring occurs in the normal course of business or 2) the monitoring occurs with the employee's consent. (Cynthia Gomez) The second question is in the office workplace there are typically two types of workspaces, an open area, in which there are several desk and where conversation can be overheard, or an enclosed office, in which-when the door is closed-conversations cannot be heard and where one would expect virtually total privacy. Explain whether it makes a difference if an employee is in an open area or
Business Research Ethics RES/351 Business Research Ethics Business research is a systematic and organized approach to problem solving, decision making, and strategic planning within an organization. It is used to provide managers with the knowledge they need to make crucial business decisions. Ethical research is that which does not harm anyone in the research process, all information collected should not be tampered with, and confidentiality of the research subject is important. In the case study that was reviewed the unethical behavior was a result of confidential patient information being shared with others without the patient’s consent. The patient was admitted to the emergency room where he was a staff member.
Employers have also asked their employees to not to go to certain places in there after work hours. Depending on work, some places may not be appropriate to be seen in. Such as if a person were a politician, it would be consider inappropriate to be in a strip club. Some other government officials are not allowed to go to areas under investigation. As a life style police they are able to thell their employees where they cannot go outside of work.
Having to understand laws and how they can affect other companies that we do business with or employees. Having employee’s understand the risk situation when filing a claim in work related issues. Having the organization is aware of the risk that can become lawsuits from other companies we do business with. Workers Compensation is normally given to employee’s when are they hurt at work, to avoid these claims, we must make sure that our organization stands by regulations and guidelines provided to a company. (OSHA) Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 gives you the right to have a safe work place.
The organization has a separate code of ethics for their partnership program. Microsoft defines what they feel is unacceptable behavior when conducting business in the company behalf. Some of those include: not allowing unauthorized copying, distribution, or use of computer software under any circumstances. Microsoft also recognizes that if a partner is caught doing any of these offenses, they will be held responsible for their actions. The ethical program that Microsoft has in place is very effective.
In other industries where employees have desks or offices they tend to expect more privacy in that space given the fact that they do their work on their own little private space/area and nobody is out there to oversee that other than the coworkers. The only thing that an employee should worry about is the actions and words that are not welcome by the workplace policies. 2. In the office workplace there are typically two types of workspaces, an open area, in which there are several desks and where conversations can be overhead, or an enclosed office, in which—when the door is closed—conversations cannot be heard and where one would expect virtually total privacy. Explain whether it makes a difference if an employee is in an open area or in an enclosed
Case 7-4 deals with the monitoring of electronic activity such as email, phone and human traffic and dealing with safeguards that need to be in place so that information gathered is not misused. With regard to the being left alone definition of privacy in the workplace, this case brings about significant issues such as, does an employee have the right to expect privacy in their office or a restroom? If they are transmitting information for company
Title VII Paper MGT/434 – Employment Law University of Phoenix Jeff Herring Monday, August 22nd, 2011 Title VII Paper Introduction There are many rules and regulations that must be followed in the workplace. Some rules are beneficial to the employees while other rules benefit the employer. Overall rules are made to make sure that there is fairness within an organization. Discrimination is something that continues to happen in our workplaces. It will never be extinguished but laws and regulations can hold them accountable for acting on those discriminations.
Sexual Harassment Policy Sexual 1 Sexual Harassment Policy Lisa Human Resources Management Professor Michelle Clemons February 16, 2012 Sexual Harassment Policy Sexual 2 Sexual Harassment Policy Policy FedEx Company takes seriously its responsibility to provide a workplace that is professional and in which employees are treated with dignity and respect. Sexual harassment and/or retaliation against an individual who has complained about alleged sexual harassment or cooperated in an investigation of a sexual harassment complaint violates this policy and will not be tolerated. Definition of Sexual Harassment: Sexual harassment can include sexual advances, requests for sexual favors and or verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature when: a. Submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual's employment; or b. Submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as the basis for employment decisions affecting such individual; or c. Such conduct has a purpose or effect of reasonably interfering with an individual’s work by creating an intimidating, hostile, humiliating or sexually offensive work environment. FedEx Company will not tolerate under any circumstances to sexual harassment. To prevent sexual harassment, FedEx Company prohibits any conduct that may lead to or be interpreted as contributing to a sexual-harassing workplace, including any sexually-oriented conduct, or conduct based on sex, whether intended or not, that is unwelcome and has the effect of creating a work environment that is hostile, offensive, intimidating or humiliating to male or female employees, vendors, suppliers or customers.