Workplace Drug Screening Opinion Ann Crawford 425 Chemical Dependency in the Workplace June 21‚ 2010 Allie Pashley‚ PsyD Workplace Drug Screening Opinion Organizations are continuously hiring people; people to fill newly opened positions and people to fill recently vacated positions. Regardless of the position a person is to fill in the organization that is considering hiring him or her‚ the organization needs to ensure that they are hiring quality people; people who are hard
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Workplace Drug Screening The drug testing that takes place in the United States can be separated into a couple of general groups‚ general workplace and federal consent. Federal consent drug testing began when President Ronald Reagan passed via executive order that federal workers cease from using illegal drugs (Wikipedia‚ 2010). The author will explain the different types of drug testing‚ the reliability of these tests‚ drug testing programs and the ethical and legal issues of workplace drug
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Drug Treatment Programs PSY/425 January 8‚ 2013 Drug Treatment Programs There are many drug treatment programs available today. In this paper‚ we will identify Employee Assistance Programs‚ and Inpatient and Outpatient treatment programs. We will also examine treatment offered by programs (e.g.‚ individual therapy‚ group therapy‚ psychotherapy). We will attempt to explain characteristics of the most successful and beneficial for drug and alcohol treatment. Employee Assistance Programs
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Workplace Drug Screening Opinion Paper PSY/325 March 15‚ 2005 Workplace Drug Screening Opinion Paper Drug testing is become increasingly popular tool used by business ’ today to weed out the potential employment candidate that may have drug problems. This testing does not determine whether a potential candidate has any issues with alcohol abuse‚ but will help a company determine whether or not the potential employee might be using other substances‚ such as prescription pills or
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The Legal and Ethical Aspects of Drug Screening in the Workplace Introduction Workplace drug screening policies in America revolve around the risk management views of corporate accountants and lawyers‚ and do not consider the individual rights of employees. Risk management can be defined as the process of analyzing exposure to risk and determining how to best handle that exposure (investorwords.com). Since companies are concerned with profitability‚ the risk can further be defined as what is the
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Urine drug screening Factors affecting a valid specimen Urine creatinine concentration is assayed to detect diluted specimens. This can be caused by surreptitious addition of tap water or excessive fluid intake before the collection. A urine creatinine level < 1.76 mmol/L indicates a dilute specimen. A repeat specimen should be considered. The temperature of the specimen indicates if it is freshly passed. If the specimen is fresh‚ the temperature should fall in the range of 33–38°C. If
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Running Head: DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE EVALUATION PAPER Drug-Free Workplace Evaluation Paper University of Phoenix PSY 425: Chemical Dependence in the Workplace Drug-Free Workplace Evaluation Paper All employees have the right to be secure when at work‚ however‚ when employees are placed in a situation where they have to work with others who are under the influence of drugs and alcohol their safety can be compromised. It is the purpose of this paper to examine the drug policy of the
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Workplace Motivation Benjamin Enuma PSY/320 February 9‚ 2015 Thomas Grebouski The dictionary Webster’s defines motivation as “something inside people that drives them to action.” Motivation (Extrinsic and Intrinsic) plays the essential‚ but different roles of inspiring and compelling employees to do their tasks and be productive. Using a real-life example‚ this paper will examine the impact of different motivational strategies on productivity in the workplace‚ organization’s efforts to
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Workplace Motivation Paper Tara Torp Psy/320 May 11‚ 2015 Francine Sims Workplace Motivation Paper According to WolframAlpha Viewer Application‚ “141 million people are currently employed in the United States of America” (4.0). What motivates 141 million people to be employed? For most people‚ the motivational reasons for employment are financial. The financial stability that a job provides allows employees to have the basic physiological needs necessary to maintaining homeostasis. Financially stability
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Regarding the topic of drug use‚ I don’t see the conduction of drug screenings as an invasion of privacy because it ultimately go towards promoting a safe‚ healthy‚ and productive work environment. Drug testing is a necessity for the workplace because drug use that occurs in the workplace can have serious consequences on the business owner as well as endanger the safety of the employees as well. Depending on the line of work‚ the drug abuse of an employee could have a fatal outcome. Factors that
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