...Violence in the Workplace: Getting in Front of the Causes In Order to Create a Safer Workplace By Ryan D. Howell MNGT 5000 – Management Webster University Dr. James W. Chester October 10, 2014 Executive Summary Violence in the workplace is a growing trend affecting safety, which managers at all levels are dealing with. Several factors are associated with the causes of violence in the workplace to include: individual, organizational, and social factors. Violence in the workplace affects not just the employees but also the customers and the productivity of the business. Legislation against violence in the workplace assists the victims and provides resources to managers which allow action. However, in order to get in front of the causes a business strategy must be formed through a SWOT analysis. Once a business strategy is formed then managers will be able to take action and prevent violence in the workplace. Introduction The general concept of safety in the workplace can be assumed to be important to most people. When Goodman (1968) analyzed the use of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, he concluded that while the hierarchy was not as important, the factors of workplace safety were of vital importance (p. 55). There exist several types of workplace violence, and solutions for counteracting each type. The first area to concentrate on is the culture of violence which has led to an increase in workplace violence; not just for employees but also customers (Hoobler...
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...CASE STUDY (1) WORKPLACE VIOLENCE By\Ibrahim Nagi (Class: 49c) Problem definition: Violence has become a reality in many workplaces creating an increasingly pervasive sense of vulnerability. Workplace violence can have devastating effects on the productivity of organizations and on the quality of life of employees. The reality and risks of this growing category of violence must be examined with serious consideration given to what can be done by employers, supervisors, employees, and community resources to provide effective prevention of workplace violence. Factors That lead to the problem: Elements of stress and other factors do contribute to such a situation. The environment can also be a contributing factor, Here are some points that may lead to this situation: lack of precision in the assignment of roles and responsibilities, poorly-distributed workload, too many bureaucratic procedures and a lack of decision-making autonomy among staff, centralized and depersonalized organizational culture, a work environment where employees and groups of employees are isolated, encouraging mutual suspicion and intentional disregard of various forms of workplace discrimination, and finally a lack of job security caused by precarious employment. Alternatives: 1- Write a comprehensive policy statement. 2- Developing a written violence prevention plan. 3- Violence prevention program education and training. 1-Write a comprehensive...
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...Andel 5/4/15 Workplace Violence Since the time we were born we are taught to lookout for the dangers of the world. We are also told the world we live in is an extremely violent place, and to be constantly aware of our surroundings. Everyone knows that at night some neighborhoods are especially violent and dangerous, thus we restrain from going out when it gets late. Everyone knows that you should be careful with people you’re not familiar with for these people may turn out to be treacherous and brutal. The focus of this paper will be homicide in the workplace. Homicide in the workplace is the second leading cause of work related death. We will be specifically covering the violence committed by employees and former employees directed towards coworkers, managers and supervisors. In the last few years much attention is drawn to a new kind of violence. No violence is new violence, it just hasn’t been seen much for a long time. This “new” type of violence that has just recently surfaced is workplace violence. Just as the name suggests, workplace violence happens while at the workplace and it can be a variety of things. This violence ranges from threats and verbal abuse to physical assaults and even homicide. It can affect and involve employees, clients, customers and visitors (USA).” Experts on occupational violence agree that workplace violence prevention programs work wonders. However, these types of programs only get results if a certain education and fear factor are instilled...
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...WORKPLACE VIOLENCE: Criminology-CJ102-D04 December 3, 2003 THESIS: WORKPLACE AS IT RELATES TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE I INTRODUCTION: • Crime and violence • Workplace violence a major concern • The three entities involved II STATISTICS • The Bureau of Justice Statistics • Statistics from 1992 to 1996 • National Crime Victimization Survey and The Bureau of Labor Statistic III WORKPLACE VIOLENCE A LAW ENFORCEMENT ISSUE • Responsibility of Law Enforcement • The impact and ramification • The direction of Law Enforcement IV WORKPLACE VIOLENCE A CORRECTIONAL ISSUE • Correctional facilities a breathing ground for violence • Domestic violence to workplace violence • Introduction of a new program V WORKPLACE VIOLENCE A PRIVATE SECURITY ISSUE • The direction of Professional security • The scope of Professional security • The challenge of Professional security INTRODUCTION Initially, when we consider crime and violence the average American may envision or think of the inner city streets, area populated by “lower class status”, and poor neighborhoods. They may even think of sub cultural conflict, or conflict overseas. Then when asked what causes violence, the average American may consider poverty, racial disparity, ineffective families, substance abuse, and the list goes on. In most cases the average American maybe right, in their estimate of crime and violence. However, we tend to avoid or exclude the issue of crime and violence in the workplace...
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...Shavonna Williams 11/17/2014 When Will Workplace Violence End? Workplace violence is an occupational threat and danger for many employees in today’s society. Every year there are millions of occurrences of workplace violence in America, this issue is being displayed all over. The attention has been centered on a few horrific incidents including that of Matthew Beck an accountant employed with the Connecticut State Lottery who shot and killed four Executive bosses at work one morning. Compared to the overall majority of occurrences this incident only indicates a tiny example of a growing problem. Time and again, workplace violence is viewed as part of the job and rarely, anything is done to abolish it. The key to these troubles are based on addressing the establishment’s structural issues, rather than focusing the blame towards employees for threats and dangers that they rarely are ever responsible for generating. What could make an employee reach such explosive levels to commit violent acts at a workplace? On March 6, 1998 Matthew Beck walked into his workplace opening fire on his subordinates, but it seemed that prior to this horrific day Matthew lived an all around normal life. For eight years he worked for the Connecticut State Lottery. Employees attested that he was a great co-worker and one of the victims described Beck as a hard-working employee. He got along well with others and was a hard-working employee. According to an article...
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...Child Bullying and Workplace Violence Kyle Gerner Dr. Kenneth Lynch Business Law I 4 May 2013 Child Bullying and Workplace Violence Child bullying is one of the greatest challenges the younger generation faces today, in my opinion, while work place violence is problems faced by adults. To me it would seem the mitigating factor of bullying is associated with the divorce rate that is in America, while it seems for workplace violence there is no one real cause. We will cover a wide variety of topics today, but a special emphasis will be placed on bullying as it is something that deeply saddens me and is likely to deeply sadden you after I share my thoughts and essentially ethics regarding this matter. Three of the reasons children may be preyed upon are poor social skills, they may have no or few friends, and being non-confrontational, (McIntire, Franks, n.d.). “Tracing the ferment of workplace violence back to its root causes involves looking into the role of individual behavior, the interaction of a set of risk factors and the situations presenting the greatest risk, (Causes of Workplace Violence, n.d.). Children with Poor Social Skills When kids have poor social they are generally isolated and choose to keep to themselves, thus allowing bullies to pick on them. Seeing as how they are pointed out among most of the children in schools, it is no wonder they are chosen by bullies. I can remember countless times growing up in school that the children who were always...
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...Abstract Nowadays, workplace bullying becomes one of the major unethical issues in organizations. Workplace bullying expressed as unethical behavior or unethical business practice in organizations. Bullying in workplace is unhealthy, mistreatment and unfair supervision for one employee, by one or more employees and employers. The unhealthy, mistreatment and unfair supervision is form as violence that prevents somebody or employee to perform in his / her works. This issues being popular and serious problem among researcher. In addition, it will demonstrate negative impact to categories such as individual, team and organizations as well as to country. In this study, the problem of workplace bullying will be explored by using several of review papers / articles. The purpose of the study is to determine the potential factor or causes of workplace bullying on employees. Other than that, this study also wants to explore what is workplace bullying and unethical behavior as well as its consequences or the effect to individual and organization. Furthermore, the relationship or correlations between workplace bullying and unethical behavior will be identify. The review papers / articles taken between year 2010 and 2015. The conclusion and recommendation for this study are provided as purpose to further study and research. Keywords: Workplace Bullying, Unethical Behaviors 1.0 Introduction This study includes two sections which are background of the study that will explain the unethical...
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...# 01 Worksheet Workplace Violence Version 1.0: 07 Jun 2013 Presented by: Hossam Bashir I. Problem Definition: Workplace violence is violence or the threat of violence against workers. It can range from threats and verbal abuse to physical assaults and homicide, one of the leading causes of job-related deaths. However it manifests itself, workplace violence is a growing concern for employers and employees nationwide, representing a real challenge for employers to provide a safe working environement for employees. According to specialists, workplace violence falls into four broad categories: TYPE 1: Violent acts by criminals who have no other connection with the workplace, but enter to commit robbery or another crime. TYPE 2: Violence directed at employees by customers, clients, patients, students, inmates, or any others for whom an organization provides services. TYPE 3: Violence against coworkers, supervisors, or managers by a present or former employee. TYPE 4: Violence committed in the workplace by someone who doesn’t work there, but has a personal relationship with an employee—an abusive spouse or domestic partner. II. Justification to Problem Definition: Statistical data and reports proivde a clear evidence that workplace violence is a growing threat nationwide. * According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 18,104 assaults and 609 homicides occurred at workplaces throughout the United States in 2002. Such violence prompted the Centers...
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...Communication is a major component of the nursing profession. A problem that is common in the facility where I work is ineffective communication in the workplace. Ineffective communication in the nursing profession could potentially have a negative effect on nurses as well as the patients that are cared for on a daily basis. One example of ineffective communication that often comes to mind is in giving report from one unit to another. It is imperative to give a clear, concise report on your patient to others that may be involved in their care. So many times, when a patient is being transferred, report is called and given to one nurse. Many times the nurse who receives the report may not even be the nurse who will be caring for the patient. When this occurs, it is extremely easy for orders to be misunderstood, important parts of the patient’s history to be missed and allergies that are miscommunicated. Each of these points could end in a potentially life threatening situation for the patient. Ineffective communication can easily be contributed to by the workload of the nurses and physicians, the lack of time a nurse has to do his or her job and interruptions during the course of the shift. When these specific factors arise, the communication between physician and nurse as well as between nurse and patient begins to be burdened. When communication is burdened, patients ultimately lose. Certain orders do not get ordered, certain medications are not given, and patient...
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...security to present their views on how to understand and tackle a security problem, using the best research evidence available. Reports are written to appeal to security practitioners in different types of organizations and at different levels. Readers will inevitably adapt what is presented to meet their own requirements. They will also consider how they can integrate the recommended actions with existing or planned programs in their organizations. This CRISP report focuses on firearms in the workplace and their relationship with workplace violence. Author Dana Loomis, PhD, discusses how firearms end up at workplaces, and then assesses a host of opportunities to prevent any ensuing problems. His recommendations provide solid ideas on how organizations can avoid becoming victims of workplace violence, and how to implement recommended solutions. His discussion helps security practitioners think in a more informed way about firearms in the workplace and ways to prevent violence. CRISP reports are based on the Problem Oriented Policing (POP) Guides produced by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) of the U.S. Department of Justice, which can be accessed at www.cops.usdoj.gov. While that series summarizes knowledge about how police can reduce the...
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...Workplace Stress Stress is a factor in everyone’s life mainly during difficult times such as divorce, marriage, and even when buying a house, but the most stress seems to be related to the workplace. Employees deal with firings, change in financial status, and problems with the boss, altered responsibilities, variations in work hours, business readjustments, retirement and vacations. Stress interferes with your productivity and can reduce your physical and emotional health and affects everyone differently. Stress is a normal physical response to events that make you feel threatened or upset your balance in some way. The body’s defenses kick into high gear in a rapid, automatic process known as the “fight-or-flight” reaction, or the stress response. The stress response is the body’s way of protecting you. When it is working properly, it helps you stay focused, alert, and energetic. In certain emergency situations, stress can save your life. It goes extra strength to defend you. Stress response also helps you meet challenges. Managers should be educated and aware of the many symptoms of stress because if they go unnoticed and unattended they can lead to bigger problems. People feel overwhelmed and several signs and symptoms can occur such as: • Feeling anxious, irritable, or depressed • Apathy, loss of interest in work. • Problems sleeping • Fatigue, • Trouble concentrating • Muscle tension or headaches • Stomach problems • Social withdrawal • Loss of...
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...safety in workplace. CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.0 Introduction In this research, researcher wants to investigate the effect of stress towards safety in workplace between gender range of ages, status and position of worker. Besides that, in this research, researcher wants to deliberate the factor of stress toward safety and health in workplace. Researcher also will to consider the intervention to help the worker manage job stress in workplace. 1.1 Background A worker is an important asset to the organization. Every time the employees faced stress ultimately affects their Stress is a common and normal phenomenon among of workers in workplace; however it is something that should not be taken lightly. Blaug,...
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...Retention: A Major Factor in the Nursing Shortage Jacinta Lewis Walden University NURS3001, Section 7, Issues and Trends in Nursing March 9, 2014 Retention: A Major Factor in the Nursing Shortage The nursing shortage and the bullying culture are both of national concern. Many articles have been published providing the public with information these topics separately and how one affects the other. The information provided to the public should relate to the current workforce trends in nursing. The purpose of this paper is to discuss information from a popular source on how bullying in nursing affects retention and having a major impact on the national nursing shortage. Summary of an Article The article selected for this assignment was published in September of 2002, in Health Affairs (Stevens, 2002). The author, Stevens (2002), focused on the retention of nurses being a problem contributing to the nursing shortage. The International Council of Nurses conference in Copenhagen in 2001 (as cited in Stevens, 2002), identified retention issues as being a major factor in the international nursing shortage. Stevens (2002), suggests that intimidation and the bullying of nurses by nurses and the management culture that dismisses it, as a major factor in retention of nurses. Stevens also suggests that intimidation is viewed as a minor annoyance, and how management improves the way in which this issue is addressed in nursing will be critical for the improvement of retention...
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...Violence in South Africa and its impact on mental health Introduction According to the World Health Organization in the World Report on Violence and Health, violence is defined as “the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened as actual, against oneself, another person, or against a group or community, that either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment or deprivation”. (Krug E, Dahlberg L, Mercy J. et al.2002). The definition is further, divided into three categories, according to who has committed the violent act. There is self-directed violence, where one intends in harming one`s self in acts of suicide resulting in death or parasuicide where death does not occur....
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...Activity Chapter 1: 1. The opinion piece I found is titled “The Surprising Truth About Workplace Happiness” and published on January 14th, 2014 by Geoffrey James. The writer used appeals of authority in throughout his article in order to influence his readers. In the article the author writes, “over the past three years, Harvard University researcher Matthew A. Killingsworth has been compiling data from users of a smartphone app called Track Your Happiness, which lets people report, in real time, how they actually feel”. He then goes on to discuss ways to increase happiness in the work place. Many individuals reading this article would accept this information and Matthew’s study as truth, simply because of where he goes to school. The article mentions very little about Mathew’s actually study or compiled date, but it does make a point to touch on the fact that he is a researcher at Harvard University. This school is known nation wide as being one of the most prestigious universities in our country, and those who attend it are known to be exceptionally intelligent. This causes individuals to accept that the information this writer is talking about is true, simply because they assume the man that researched the topic is smarter than them or some sort of a “genius”. There are no references listed with this article and this research is in correlation with a smart phone app (is that really a reliable source of data?), and yet people overlook these flaws due to presence of authority...
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