...Sexual Harassment: The Emerging Epidemic Plaguing the Healthcare Industry Andrea Ramos, Brandy Gunstanson, Karen Ayala, and Vicki Thach Tarleton State University, Ft. Worth In recent months, the prominence, damaging effects, and consequences of sexual harassment, has become a hot button issue among Americans. As individuals continue to come forward with allegations of sexual misconduct, it is being noted that most encounters are occurring in the workplace and, undiscriminatingly, in a variety of industries. Subsequently, individuals are coming to the overwhelmingly horrific realization that there is no profession untouched by the Human Resource nightmare known as sexual harassment. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission defines...
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...Evaluate the effectiveness of the legal system in dealing with discrimination against women. Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW) Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) and all amendments De Facto Relationship Act 1984 (NSW) Fair Work Act 2009 (Cwlth) Industrial Arbitration (Female Rates) Amendment Act 1959 (NSW) Married Persons (Property and Torts) Act 1901 (NSW) Married Women’s Property Act 1893 (NSW) Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cwlth) Women’s Legal Status Act 1918 (NSW) Affirmative Action (Equal Opportunity for Women) Act 1986 (Cwlth) Intro: Women over the years has been known of their traditional roles as domestic carers being exposed to different kinds of discrimination and it has only been recently that laws and legislations have been put in place in order to protect women in Australia.Victimisation and discrimination denoted Women seen as property of men, unito caro Women during the 19th were seen as the property of men and unito caro, one entity, ‘one flesh’ with her husband Not allowed to enter contracts; Married Women’s Property Act 1893 (NSW) can own property and enter into contracts Married Persons (Property and Torts) Act 1901 (NSW); the right to sue and be sued is granted The eventual change in traditional gender roles was caused by gradual empowerment of women To be allowed to vote: Legal responses: Education : women discriminated against due to sex, women was not a ‘person’ e.g. In 1899, Miss Ada Evans completed her law degree and was discriminated...
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...Safety Just Culture – ANA supports the Just Culture concept and its use in health care to improve patient safety. Healthy Nursing Work Hours – Nurse employers should provide a work schedule that allows adequate rest and sufficient compensation. Working When Fatigued – Each registered nurse has an ethical responsibility to carefully consider her/his level of fatigue. Work Release During a Disaster – Nurses should be released as part of organized medical rescue teams during disasters. Sexual Harassment – ANA believes that nurses and students of nursing have a right and responsibility for a workplace free of sexual harassment. ANA Principles Related to Workplace Safety ANA Principles of Nurse Staffing – identifies the major elements to consider when evaluating the safety and appropriateness of nurse staffing. ANA Principles for Pay for Quality – many policy makers are exploring and promoting pay-for-performance or value-based purchasing programs. Here are ten principles to guide you in any Pay for Quality discussion. Nurses' Bill of Rights To maximize the contributions nurses make to society, it is necessary to protect the dignity and autonomy of nurses in the workplace. To that end, the following rights must be afforded: Nurses have the right to practice in a manner that fulfills their obligations to society and to those who receive nursing care. Nurses have the right to...
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...Summary: Inequalities among women in the workplace are a major problem. While the United States and other countries have made significant progress towards implementing laws to prevent harassment and discrimination, these issues continue to plague women. Women encounter pay inequalities frequently. Although there are a large majority of women who are receiving higher levels of education than men, women are not being promoted to top positions in the workplace even when their performance equals that of men. Furthermore, because of wage inequalities, the average woman who works full-time will encounter a $460,000 loss in pay throughout a forty-year time span, which will result in working twelve extra years to compensate for this loss in income (Godfrey,2017). Moreover, women regularly experience sexual harassment and sex discrimination. While Title...
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... George is a twelve year experienced registered nurse working the evening shift in the post-operative ward at Harmony Hill Memorial Hospital. George wants to complete his Bachelor’s degree in nursing and the needed courses are only offered in the evenings. George 's supervisor informs the staff of an upcoming opening in the morning shift and advises them of the application deadline. Based on some of the rumors that have circulated regarding past practices of his supervisor, George knows that his supervisor has already filled the position with one of her closest friends and that George's completing an application and interviewing for the position is nothing more than an exercise in futility. George brings his concerns to you, the HR supervisor. He claims that his gender and sexual orientation has affected his nursing supervisor's decision and that any complaint from him to the nursing supervisor will result in retaliation or termination. In 4 to 5 pages respond to the following: 1. What would you say to George about the ideal legal and ethical hiring practices? 2. What can you do to ensure that the recruitment and selection process is fair and consistent with the requirements of federal and state laws on hiring practices? 3. How would you address this with George's nursing supervisor? 4. What steps can be taken in addressing George's concerns for retaliation or termination? 5. Where does the human resource department fit into this scenario? George brings...
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...key. Also while being a NAC working in a long term care facility confidentiality, is one of the most important things you need to know. The person's information is only shared among the staff involved in his or her care and the person has the right to have privacy and confidentiality of chosen. Managing stress is sometimes hard but is also normal stressors are pleasant or unpleasant the stress affects the whole person physically mentally socially and spiritually. Dealing with that stress is very important, if not it can affect the care you give the person's quality of life and how you relate to co-workers. Harassment is another big concept. Harassment can be sexual involve age race ethnic background religion or disability. Sexual harassment is definitely not legal in a workplace sexual harassment involves unwanted sexual behaviour by another and the victims of sexual harassment can be men or women even...
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...Sexual Harassment in the Workplace EXPERIENCES OF WOMEN IN THE HEALTH SECTOR Paramita Chaudhuri Health and Population Innovation Fellowship Programme Working Paper, No. 1 This report is the result of a project entitled “Understanding Sexual Harassment in the Health Sector,” undertaken as part of the Health and Population Innovation Fellowship (HPIF) awarded to the author in 2004. The HPIF programme is administered by the Population Council, New Delhi and is a continuation of the MacArthur Foundation’s Fund for Leadership Development (FLD) fellowship programme that continued over the period 1995 to 2004. The Council is grateful to the MacArthur Foundation for its support to this programme. The HPIF programme aims to support mid-career individuals who have innovative ideas, leadership potential, and the capacity to help shape policy and public debate in the field of population, reproductive health and rights in general, with a focus on two priority themes – maternal mortality and morbidity, and the sexual and reproductive health and rights of young people. Since the transfer of the programme to the Population Council through 2006, a total of 17 individuals have been supported under the HPIF programme. For additional copies of this report, please contact: Paramita Chaudhuri Senior Programme Officer Sanhita 89B Raja Basanto Roy Road Kolkata 700 029 Email: sanhita@cal.vsnl.net.in Phone: 033-24227965 Population Council Zone 5A, Ground Floor India Habitat Centre, Lodi Road...
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...In the world of business there are many types of discrimination. Equal pay/compensation, retaliation, and sex in many instances fall together when an individual files a discrimination case. It is important for the individual to identifying the laws and the verbiage of the law before filing a discrimination case. Equal pay/compensation states that women and men alike are to be paid equally. Pay and compensation is not based on “job titles”, but, on the equivalence of the jobs; “jobs need not be identical” (eeoc.gov, para. 1). The law that puts equal pay/compensation into action is “The Equal Pay Act of 1962 (EPA)” which generally states that no matter if you are male or female if you perform the same duties then you are justified the same pay. The law also states that an employee is due the wages earned for the time that they worked. In California, the case of Gonzalez v. Downtown LA Motors, LP, the California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Case No. B235292 found that the technicians were due pay regardless of the activity being performed while on the working clock. This case stated that the technicians were being unfairly paid and that they were due earnings regardless of the task they were performing. The case stated that the technicians were “entitled to separate hourly compensations for time spent waiting for repair work or other non-repair task directed by the employer during their work shifts” (Gonzalez v. Downtown LA Motors, LP, 2013). The case of...
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...Frances O’Connell b Department of Pre-registration, Nursing Faculty of Health Studies, Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, Chalfont Campus, Newland Park, Gorelands Lane, Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire HP8 4AD, United Kingdom b Green Lawns, Kilmona Grenagh Co., Cork, Republic of Ireland Accepted 27 March 2006 KEYWORDS Bullying; Violence; NHS; Higher education; Nurse education Summary This article examines briefly the issue of workplace violence and bullying in the hospital environment, but more importantly how the same and different styles of bullying and intra-staff bullying are emerging in nurse education. The content describes the aetiology of violence and bullying and their place in the National Health Service (NHS) including nursing. It explores bullying as the principle form of intimidation in nurse education, the different types and subtle forms of bullying, why individuals become bullies, dealing with and the consequences of bullying. The legislation, guidelines, policies are part of the recommendations for practice. c 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Introduction In modern day society, it could be argued that violence and aggression is a common aspect of daily life. Violence and abuse within the hospital setting occurs throughout the entire health care sector (Zernike and Sharpe, 1998; Wells and Bowers, 2002). Over the years, negative incidents including violence, harassment, and aggression and bullying have been steadily increasing...
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...Sexual harassment can be defined as a form unwelcome verbal, visual or physical conduct of a sexual nature that can be described as being severe or pervasive in nature. It is a discrimination against sex which violates Title VII articulated in The Civil Rights Act of 1964. This federal law formally forbids any discrimination in employment on the basis color, race, sex, religion or national origin and employers with 15 or more employees are restricted under this law. The overall effects of such activities at places of work are that they cause a hostile working environment which means that they directly affect working conditions of most workers. Sexual harassment can be able to take place anywhere beginning from schools, universities and places of work. There is a verb small difference between occasional unwanted sexual advances and comments that people thing that they might be deemed inappropriate. Sexual harassment can really affect the way your employees approach all that you are doing. The main focus of this research paper will be on the status of sexual harassment at places of work in the United States. The research paper will be able to investigate the current state of sexual harassment in the workplace in the United States. As it stands at the moment, there is no specific cause of sexual harassment at the place of work. Although there is this notion that sexual harassment is mainly caused by provocative dressing or enticing behaviors by the victims, high chances are that...
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...Application Paper Introduction Organizational behavior, which studies the impact that individuals, groups, and structure have on behavior within organizations, has a purpose of applying its knowledge toward improving an organization’s effectiveness (Colquitt, 2015). For past 2 weeks, total of six groups presented their topic related to organizational behavior. On May 14th, groups presented materials on office etiquette, difference between successful and poor management in health care, and effective communication. Groups on June 4th delivered their information on harassment in workplace, motivation, and workplace diversity. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the application of the content reviewed in past two class meetings for the future profession. May 14th, 2015 The presentation on office etiquette was very inspiring. Etiquette, an ethical and socially acceptable behavior regarding professional practice or action among the members of a profession in their dealings with each other, is a very important aspect that helps smooth the interaction within the workplace (“Etiquette”, n.d.). Office etiquette is important because it can act as a key to effective communication and an obstacle at the same time. As a future nurse manager, I will be dealing with people above and below my level, who I need to show proper manner to gain respect and a sense of professionalism, and promote effective communication without any distractions like inappropriate office etiquette. I will...
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...mf 1.) Describe the practice of herbology as a complementary therapy. What is herbology? When did it originate? The practice of herbology is to substitute herbs instead of certain medicines to cure or help prevent allergies and diseases. Herbology is defined as the use of plants for medicinal purposes, and as the study of plants and their uses. No one really knows when man first used herbs. The first peoples on this earth had to have discovered them I would think. The love for plants goes back to thirty to fifty thousand years or longer ago. 2.) 5 herbal remedies and describe their use. What conditions are they used for/to treat? How are they administered? Aloe Vera- Aloe Vera is a gel inside the plant. When extracted, this gel can be used to rejuvenate skin, aid in healing burns and sores. Aloe Vera can be ingested and helps internally for stomach disorders. It can also be used as a laxative. Aloe Vera can be administered in a form of gels, ointments, lotion, liquid drink, and as a powder. Blue Cohosh- Blue Cohosh is a plant found in eastern North America. It is a pea sized dark blue fruit. This berry has many uses including being used during pregnancy for anti-spasmodic action, uterine tonic and anti-rheumatic diuretic. Blue Cohosh can help with: an easy delivery, delayed or suppressed menstruation, can help treat kidney or bladder infections. For this herb for administrating it you will have to boil a cup of water and take a tsp. of the dried fruit, mix it...
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...How gender is related to disadvantage in the UK Introduction Gender is the socially ascribed and constituted version of what is thought of as ‘masculine’ and ‘feminine’, and the relations between (Olsen et al, 1990). From time in memorial gender inequality has been a prevalence social hitch and has largely been practiced towards women around the world effecting different aspects of their life. The aim of this essay is to discuss how gender inequalities have evolved in recent decades in the UK. To achieve this, I will commence by presenting a historical insight into gender inequality, identifying the roles and expectations of women and men in society during this period. I will then identify the different forms of inequalities experienced by the genders and how these inequalities have evolved in recent times. In order to fully understand the extent of these inequalities I will discuss the sociological perspectives on the social problem, looking at the works of earlier sociologists and Marxist scholars Karl Marx and Fredrich Engels. I will then identify the policies implemented by the UK government to eradicate all sort of disadvantages associated gender from society and its effectiveness in abolishing the social problem. Finally I will conclude by identifying the benefits and possible boundaries of the UK government’s policies that have been developed to fully eliminate gender disparities from society. For far too long, women have tolerated unfairness at the hands of male...
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...Forms of Gender Discrimination Gender-Based discrimination in the workplace refers to situations in which an employer treats an individual or group of individual employees differently, based on their gender, whether female or male. 5 Although gender discrimination in the work environment is a problem for a wide range of people, and all gender types, the most prevalent amount of gender discrimination is aimed at women. Discrimination against women In the history of the United States and other countries, women have predominately been seen as second class citizens. Women have had to fight for the right to vote, the right to have their own identities outside of the home, and ultimately, women have had to fight for their place in the work environment. This struggle still exists today, even after women gained the right to vote and even after the renowned Civil Rights Act was passed. Although the hurdle that is gender discrimination has vastly changed since the 1950’s and 60’s, it is important to understand that discrimination has a presence in today’s society. • The median annual earnings of a female high school graduate were 26% less than that of her male counterpart. 4 • The median annual earnings of a woman with a bachelor’s degree was almost 25% (or on average $16,058) less than that of a similarly qualified man. 4 • Women are more likely to complete graduate education. A woman with a master’s degree earned 25% (or on average $19,250) less than a man with a master’s degree...
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...Sexual Harassment of Female Secondary to Undergraduate Students in Elite Educational Institutes of Lahore Danyal Haider Raja Qaiser Zeeshan Butt Osama Eshaq Rabia Nafees Shah Academic Writing June 27th 2015 Lahore School of Economics Sexual Harassment of Female Secondary to Undergraduate Students in Elite Educational Institutes of Lahore Introduction The idea for this research sprung from the rising trend of illicit student-teacher relationships in the United States of America, projected actively on the social media. This movement inspired the thought that such behavior may well be prevalent in Pakistan as well and never come to the forefront. The research aims to identify the types of harassment that exist in the secondary and undergraduate sectors of education in Pakistan and the reasons why these incidents are not brought to the attention of the legal system. So far there has not been a study on female sexual harassment in Pakistan that explores the incidence of harassment among the female student community, which is irksome especially given the recent accusations of harassment leveled against an instructor at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), a prestigious university in a posh area of Lahore. One would assume that such an incident would be stimulus enough for rights’ groups to initiate a research into this aspect of female harassment, which is why we have taken it upon ourselves to do so. The research will be primary in nature, conducted...
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