Sexual Harassment Paper HRM320: Employment Law Professor Kritske DeVry University Online Kimberly Boston Sexual harassment is a very serious issue in today’s workplace. It can be harmful to the lives of many if it is left unresolved and put a strain on the victim’s work and home life. No one deserves to be treated in a degrading way by their co-worker, employee, supervisor, or customer and it is illegal to do so. There are two forms of sexual harassment: Quid Pro Quo and Hostile Environment Sexual Harassment, which should not be tolerated. Prevention of sexual harassment and protecting employees from sexual harassment has become a major issue in many organizations today.
Changes in gender and age of workers has had a significant impact on the culture of today and influenced the pattern of work related standards such as work ethics (Chicago Tribune Business 2014). Stereotyping is the act of ascribing a set of traits to a person or group of people based on cultural preconceptions (Forbes global post). When stereotypes persist in the workplace, candidates for promotion may be overlooked, work teams do not function properly and the corporate culture erodes. In many cases, lawsuits are brought up, thus damaging the public perception of the company. Most companies deal with stereotyping in the workplace by educating as well as a clear directive to treat every worker as an individual.
Organizational behavior - ESLSCA 37C Workplace bullying case study Problem definition: Workplace bullying, is the tendency of individuals or groups to use persistent aggressive or unreasonable behavior against a co-worker or subordinate. Workplace bullying can include such tactics as verbal, nonverbal, psychological, physical abuse and humiliation. It can come in different forms and shapes. • Unwarranted or invalid criticism • Blame without factual justification • Being treated differently than the rest of your work group • Being sworn at • Exclusion or social isolation • Being shouted at or being humiliated • Excessive monitoring or micro-managing • Being given work unrealistic deadline Justification for problem definition: Workplace bullies often operate within the established rules and policies of their organization and their society - Hence they follow the procedure. Bullying in the workplace is in the majority of cases reported as having been perpetrated by management - the impact is usually critical to both the individuals and the business.
Burnout is not only a big concern among human services staff but also within the organization. Human Services is a job that can be awesome but at the same time it can also be stressful. A large amount of work, a lack of control, and balancing between home and work can cause the environment to become stressful. The objective of this paper is to evaluate burnout, describe some of the individual, cultural, organizational, supervisory, and social support factors that cause burnout. It will also describe various individuals, job role, and organizational methods to prevent burnout.
Each of these contributes to holes in the security, bugs and errors and disruption of business practices. The potential risks posed to the organization vary by each of these threats. For malicious security attacks the risks are high. Malicious security attacks pose a direct risk to the everyday processes of an organization. Malicious attacks can be brought on by disgruntled employees that want to get back at the organization by disrupting the flow of operation which causes financial loss for the company.
Conflict In the Workplace Angelique Torres English 123 SB Intermediate Composition Professor J. Park June 2, 2013 Conflict In the Workplace Without a doubt, conflict in the workplace is more relevant than ever. It is a fact that conflict occurs within the workplace and in everyone’s lives. Conflict is an inevitable part of life; it can stem from various sources, such as, cultural, generational and even socio economic differences, which in turn affects communication leading to confusion, productivity, non-cooperation, increase in stress, lack of collaboration, customer satisfaction decrease, distrust, clique formation and gossip. Be that as it may, implementing creative activities and providing trainings that focus on communication skills and active listening skills, as well as bringing awareness about different types of conflicts can create a better working environment, hence, ultimately decreasing or even ending workplace conflict.
One person with issues can alter how others team members get along, how motivated they are to do their job, and how effectively they complete projects. Abnormal behavior can also cause unsatisfactory customer service and can possibly cause a business to lose customers. Aggression, narcissism, and passive aggressiveness are all abnormal behaviors that are found in the workplace and can have negative effects on the success of a team. For each of these behaviors, reasons why they are considered abnormal and ideas as to how these behaviors can be treated are discussed. Aggression One example of an abnormal behavior in a workplace environment would be any act of aggression.
Social Networks Andrea Jones English II Sexual Harassment in the Workplace There is many different things that go on in the workplace that many do not understand and are now aware of. Many different things range from Relationships and friendships to arguments and even harassment. The most common but unknown activity that is taking place in the workplace is sexual harassment. many different people male and females are being harassed at their jobs. Some speak out about it and some do not.
The second is defined as “hostile work environment”, which occurs when individuals are feeling uncomfortable because of working in an offensive or sexist work environment. Sexual harassment also have been found to be mainly about men wanting to exercise their power over women because of their disadvantaged status at work (Wilson & Thompson, 2001). It also have been found that sexual harassment is much more present in certain work situations as industries where the power is represented by one sex. If the climate in a company is disrespectful and this ambiance increases, acts of sexual harassment could be seen as normal (Hearn & Parkin, 2005). If somebody is used to that “workplace incivility”, he will be less likely to report an inadequate behavior in the organization and then sort of encourage this to continue (Miner-Rubino and Cortina,
International Journal of Manpower 20,1/2 16 The nature and causes of bullying at work University of Bergen, Norway Keywords Bullying, Conflict, Harassment, Occupational health, Organizational behaviour, Work psychology Abstract The present paper reviews and summarises the research and literature on the nature and causes of bullying at work. Bullying occurs when someone at work is systematically subjected to aggressive behaviour from one or more colleagues or superiors over a long period of time, in a situation where the target finds it difficult to defend him or herself or to escape the situation. Such treatment tends to stigmatise the target and may even cause severe psychological trauma. Empirical studies on the causes of bullying have concentrated on the personality of the victim and psychosocial factors at work. Most studies treat bullying as a unified phenomenon, in spite of the fact that different kinds of behaviours are involved.