Obesity in the Workplace: Human Resource Goals Carol Cook HRA-330 June 18‚ 2012 Obesity in the Workplace: Human Resource Goals You can lose 12 inches in less than thirty days! A person can’t help but notice all the Nutri-System and Weight Watcher commercials on television‚ or the late night infomercials for that DVD that help a person look like a bodybuilder by exercising in the comfort of their own home. Obesity has become a hot topic in today’s society
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Abstract The paper explores the different issues related to diversity in workplaces‚ and their importance in improving high productivity in the business organizations. The paper also discusses the role religion with the respect to workplaces diversity and its implications for the business. Table of Contents Abstract 2 Introduction 4 Discussion 5 Why Diversity is Important 5 Ethnocentrism 8 Stereotypes 8 Prejudice 9 Dimensions of Diversity 9 Culture 10 Ethnicity 10 Race 11 Gender
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Safety in the workplace is not only an organizational issue but also an individual issue. Workplace safety describes “policies and procedures in place to ensure the safety and health of employees within a workplace” (BusinessDictionary.com‚ 2013). In the United States nearly six thousand work-related deaths and 4.1 million nonfatal injuries and illnesses occurred in 2006 (Christian‚ Wallace‚ Bradley‚ & Burke‚ 2009 p. 1103). Although this is a huge number there have been great strides in improving
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What is a Great Workplace? "A great place to work is one in which you trust the people you work for‚ have pride in what you do‚ and enjoy the people you work with.” — Robert Levering‚ Co-Founder‚ Great Place to Work® Your company can be a great workplace — and more successful as a result. Researchers‚ business leaders‚ media analysts and the public rely on Great Place to Work® metrics to establish the definitive standard of what a great workplace is. Great Place to Work’s annual research is based
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Discrimination in the Workplace Workplace discrimination occurs when any individual who is in a protected classification received adverse employment or hiring treatment as a member of that group. Workplace discrimination is forbidden by law for such characteristics as gender‚ race‚ age‚ religion‚ and in employment decisions. The Chancellor’s Committee on Diversity defines Diversity as: "The variety of experiences and perspective which arise from differences in race‚ culture‚ religion‚ mental or
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Current Issue: Bullying in the Workplace Article: “Bullies Can Make Workplace Intolerable” by Marlene Habib; The Globe and Mail Bullying in the workplace is both a current and critical issue that has only recently begun to be given the serious attention it deserves. This paper will address the issue of bullying in the workplace through various avenues. An analysis of the issue will include: a definition of workplace bullying‚ typical behaviours associated with bullying‚ profiles of both the
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Bullying in the Workplace: Who is Involved‚ What are the Effects‚ and Prevention Michelle Green Wilmington University What is Workplace Bullying? The word bullying is usually associated with playground taunting and teasing‚ schoolhouse villains known for stealing lunches and lunch money‚ or maybe high school “cool kids” picking on the “geeks”. Bullying however has made its way from childhood memories to real-life adult work settings. The epidemic
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Diversity in the workplace is a topic that many industries and organizations spend an abundant amount of time and training on in order to ensure its presence. Today’s workplace is more diverse than it has ever been in history. While the workforce has made strides in the direction of equality‚ it is still far from attaining total equality in the workplace. A company must value diversity. The main objectives of valuing diversity include awareness‚ education‚ and positive recognition of the differences
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In today’s global marketplace‚ organizations are striving to understand the importance of diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Diversity in the workplace isn’t new topic and has evolved since the 1800’s. Improvements in diversity date back to the African American Civil Right Movement and the passing of the Civil Right Act of 1866. The Civil Rights Act of 1866 stated that all persons born in the United States would be recognized as citizens. The movement was reignited with the Civil Rights
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Workplace Diversity Diversity July 7‚ 2013 Introduction: Every day the global workforce is growing and for many years there has been big issues within the workplace. One of those big issues being diversity. Every employee has something very unique to bring to the company. The ideal company will have the best team players with great work ethic. In most cases a successful company holds employees that have different views which come in handy for big business decisions. In a growing global
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