Case Study On Hostile Work Environment

Everyone that goes to work expects to go to a place where they will not be harassed and will work in a friendly and fair environment. There are many instances of a hostile work environment, including sexual harassment, bullying, and berating due to religion, just to name a few. Likewise, there are instances where employees may think they are dealing with a hostile work environment when in fact they are not, such as rude and obnoxious coworkers. Employees and companies alike should be aware of what constitutes a hostile workplace environment, harassment, etc., so as to avoid any possible litigation.

Safety is an important factor and is a high priority in healthcare. Kelly, Fenwick, Brekke, and Novaco (2015) shared that workplace violence impairs the staff perceptions of safety. However, both patients and staff are affected by workplace violence in many ways, from physical to emotional aspects. There are many reasons why violence occurs, that will be explained later in this paper. The purpose of this paper is to explain the reason and importance of the chosen phenomenon of interest. Moreover, primary and opposing philosophic viewpoints will be discussed, as well as ways of recognizing and utilizing them in nursing. The ways of knowing patterns in nursing and the utilization of these patterns will be explained, pertaining to nursing care.

Hostile Environment is essentially sexual harassment in which a hostile work environment is created where an employee is subject to unwelcome verbal or physical bullying and sexual behavior that is severe and pervasive. As the law suggests, petty slights, annoyances and isolated incidents will not rise to the level of illegality, but if the environment is persistent and recurring then it constitutes a Hostile Work Environment.

Michael Sanchez, Aggrieved Party (AP) reports that based on his age 63 years 09/1953 and reprisal that he has been subjected to a Hostile Work Environment (HWE) when on the morning of 12/8/2016 he had a grievance meeting with Bonnie Graham, Director for San Francisco Medical Center; Robert Baczek, Chief of Police for San Francisco Medical Center; Byron Alvarez Assistant Chief of Police . AP was representing two of union members, when the AP lost his temper while he was defending his client's . On that same day in the afternoon, AP had another meeting with Ms. Graham. AP stated that once the afternoon meeting was over , he was walking to his office and was stopped by Matthew Kolonowski, Police Officer and informed that they had an anonymous

In the book, sexual harassment is described as unwelcome sexual attention, whether verbal or physical, that affects an employee’s job condition or creates a hostile working environment. There are many types of sexual harassment such as unwanted sexual advances, coercion, favoritism, indirect harassment,

Censorship violates the First Amendment. In the article entitled “ Censorship in the Schools “, the author states, “ we believe the library media center is protected from censorship by the bill of rights specifically, by the First Amendment, which guards freedom of expression “. This takes away people’s freedom because with having censorship people can only do what certain people allow. The author of the article goes on to say the American Library Association tries to get people to be along with censorship. We all should have the right to do whatever we want as citizens. It is not right for people to try to ban what we see or do.

On September 8, 2017, at 1750 hours, Sgt. Bever, Officer Allday, Officer Blevins, Officer Williams, and I responded to 1600 Indian Point Parkway (Indian Point RV Resorts), in reference to an altercation involving, a female and a man with a firearm. While officers were en route, it was dispatched that the male with the possible firearm was leaving the scene of the altercation in a reckless manner and he lost control of the vehicle and crashed into the nearby wood line.

With technology so readily available there are many people and companies who have participated in similar illegal activities. The original copyright law did not take into consideration the digital area. By implementing Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) it has tightened up the protection of things online and in the digital arena.

I seek to understand what the problem is, analyze the major issue and all parties involved, I would then start to develop several courses of action, then I would decide on the best course of action, and lastly, I would render my decision to my supervisor for approval and implementation. My decisions will be based on laws such as the National Labor Relations Act, the Whistleblowers Protection Act, and the in house policies and procedures just to name a few. If the situation requires outside help in the form of advice or law enforcement, I will not hesitate to get them involved also. Each employee deserves the right to work in an environment free from sexual harassment and sexual assault. It is the responsibility of the employer to provide that environment at no cost to all

Workplace bullying can take on many forms. Lateral violence among nurses is a common example of workplace mistreatment, which affects individual nurses, patient’s care, and the ethical climate of an organization. In 2008, The Joint Commission released a sentinel alert addressing lateral violence, stating, “Intimidating and disruptive behaviors can foster medical errors, contribute to poor patient satisfaction and to preventable adverse outcomes, increase the cost of care, and cause qualified clinicians, administrators and managers to seek new positions in more professional environments” (Joint Commission, 2008). In this brief, ethical issues related to lateral violence are described with two approaches to solving this issue examined.

Because his admissions preclude him from creating a genuine issue of material fact regarding whether the company's reasons are false or not credible and that the real reason (or a motivating factor) for the transfer denial was unlawful race discrimination, summary judgment is appropriate.

What would you do if you were the victim? Where would you go for help?

Being able to gain trust from one person is a difficult task, coming from another unit and being able to gain the trust of a team that has already been formed is even harder. Having a incident like sexual harassment and sexual gestures happen within the unit can have demoralizing effects on the effectiveness of the team. The hostile working environment may hinder some hard-working soldiers and cause them to not give maximum effort. It may also make the victim(s) feel as if they are not appreciated and their performance may reflect their recent feelings towards the situation. Also these negative actions may cause a fellow soldier to relive a certain situation that happened to them previously.

Heeman, V. (2007). Workplace Bullying: A Distinct, Interpersonal, and Communicative Phenomenon. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Communication Association.

Another form of sexual harassment is a hostile work environment. The hostile environment theory involves sexual advances between the supervisor and the employee. An employee’s work performance will be less effective due to these so-called sexual advances. However, a victim can file a complaint against their harasser so that they do not continuously force them to participate. Consequently, they will be forced to hand in their resignation. [This is an issue of power and has nothing to do with sex. For this reason, both male and females can be the harasser. The harasser’s main purpose is to force another to feel or act in a certain way. Sometimes, sexual harassment causes an individual from effectively performing his/her job. As a result, is undermines an individual’s dignity. In our society, there are three essential factors that relate to the issue of sexual advances. These elements are a divergence of perceptions, the complexity of human behavior and the attitudes of a sexist.]