The History of Harassment in the Workplace: The Responsibilities of Employers and Employees According to the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission‚ the year 2010 had the highest number of discrimination charges ever. Statistics that were released in early January 2011 from the Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC) showed that the federal agency filed a record number of discrimination charges on behalf of United States employees. There was an overall increase of 7.1 percent over 2009. The
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Managing Emotions in the Workplace: Do Positive and Negative Attitudes Drive Performance? You know the type: coworkers who never have anything positive to say‚ whether at the weekly staff meeting or in the cafeteria line. They can suck the energy from a brainstorming session with a few choice comments. Their bad mood frequently puts others in one‚ too. Their negativity can contaminate even good news. "We engage in emotional contagion‚" says Sigal Barsade‚ a Wharton management professor who studies
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Abstract This paper will discuss and assess the Human Resource issue of absenteeism in the workplace. Specifically this paper will research the policies of Insight Technology‚ Inc. and determine the effectiveness and infectiveness of certain polices. This paper will also discuss the effect that absenteeism has on the company. Few people realize that there are positives to absenteeism in the workplace. The positives that come from absenteeism include relief from stress caused by work‚ and allow other
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“Bullying in the workplace” When the word bullying comes to mind‚ I think of kids. Elementary kids at recess‚ middle school kids at lunch‚ high school cliques‚ but the one thing that had never crossed my mind was an adult being bullied‚ especially at work. How could you be bullied at work? How could you be bullied as an adult? Is bullying in the workplace that big of an issue or is this just merely a term the less determined worker uses as an excuse for a poor job performance? In
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in the workplace June 18‚ 2012 BUS 318: Organizational Business Instructor: Gary Priest Final Paper: Stress in the workplace Organizational behavior is the study of individuals and their behavior within an organized work environment. Many different facets of the business world make up organizational behavior including: motivation‚ personality‚ leadership‚ communication‚ and so much more. However‚ I plan to focus on the topic of stress within organizational behavior. Depending
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Workplace Counselling – A Necessity The relationship between work and the psychological well-being of the worker is a topic that has received a lot of attention in recent years. Work stress is seen as a modern epidemic‚ which effects one in terms of health‚ absence from work‚ and costs to the national economy. Studies have reported a wide range of pressures experienced by workers‚ such as workload‚ too many tasks‚ poor work environment‚ problems with colleagues or superiors‚ organization culture
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There are numerous ethical issues in the workplace. As a student that wishes to pursue a career in Human Resource Management‚ one ethical topic that appeals to me personally is that of harassment in the workplace. Harassment is often defined as “any unwelcome or unwanted conduct that denigrates or shows hostility or an aversion towards another person” (Workplace Harassment). An unwelcome behavior is defined as anything that “the employee did not solicit‚ instigate or provoke‚ and the employee
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Diversity Diversity in the Workplace Western International University MGT 352 Political‚ Legal & Ethical Issues in Business 1 Diversity 2 Introduction Workplace diversity has taken on a new face. Today‚ workplace diversity is no longer just about anti-discrimination compliance. Diversity in the workplace is not buzzwords for affirmative action or equal employment opportunity. Diversity represents a company ’s fundamental attitude that it not only respects and values the
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LGBT Issues in the Workplace “We hold these truths to be self-evident‚ that all men are created equal‚ that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights‚ that among these are Life‚ Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness‚”(Declaration of Independence). This is one of the most well known phrases in our declaration of independence. Many would say that this mindset is what continues to make this nation and its citizens one of the greatest ones on earth but others would argue that
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Ethics in the Workplace What is ethics? Is ethics an ability that grows in us from a child or does our parents teaches us ethics? According to dictionary.com‚ states that the word ethics means‚ "the code of good conducts for an individual or group." Ethics also means‚ simply stated‚ that ethics refers to standards of behavior that tell us how human beings ought to act in the many situations in which they find themselves-as friends‚ parents‚ children‚ citizens‚ businesspeople‚ teachers‚ professionals
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