...Workplace Ethics: Unprofessional Conduct Business 309- Business Ethics August 22, 2015.Workplace Ethics: Unprofessional Conduct The workplace should be an environment of professionalism and policies of employees work behavior should be set into place. Unprofessional conduct can interfere with other employees of the workplace and cause the organization that one is working for to be looked at as unprofessional. Any behavior or conduct that isn’t looked at as acceptable to the company’s policy on work behavior can in term be considered unprofessional. Therefore, all employees should be made aware of the company’s policy on professional conduct so that they wouldn’t engage in activities that can cause harm to the professionalism of any organization. According to the case study Ms. Pruitt is an elementary teacher for mentally challenged children was considered not fit to teach. In our text it states that Ms. Pruitt worked with mentally challenged children for a total of thirteen years. During that time frame she had nothing but positive feedback from the school principle and was often acknowledge as a reliable teacher. I do feel that the Board of Education did violate Ms. Pruitt’s rights to privacy and didn’t have any valid reason to fire her. An undercover police officer decided to show up to the “swingers” party and decided to charge Ms. Pruitt with oral copulation. Ms. Pruitt then paid her fine and was reinstated to teach. However, two years later the Board of Education decided...
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...Working Life… The workplace is an environment that needs to be molded and maintained by company policies and employee professionalism. A good work environment based on professional staff attitudes can help encourage strong teamwork, could be a catalyst to improve productivity and inspire employee behaviors. There are many false belief about professionalism. Perhaps the most common misconceptions is that one needs to look “professional” to be professional. This is an absurd and outdated idea. Wearing a suit is what politicians, lawyers, used car dealers, corporate criminals, mobsters, and other unethical people do to make you think they are credible, trustworthy, professional, etc. Professionalism is not how you look, it is how you behave. It’s about saying what you mean, doing what you say and getting the job done. Therefore, you cannot tell someone is professional by looking at them and how you dress is not what makes you professional. It is a common practice for managers and leaders to label things they don’t want to deal with as unprofessional. Examples include swearing, using adult language or occasional arguments. Since employees are human beings, we could expect them to do these things. Dealing with these issues, and many other similar ones, is management’s job, so calling them “unprofessional” in an effort to avoid dealing with potentially unpleasant aspects of the job is unprofessional. Being professional is about doing the right thing, even if it takes more time...
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...allows them to see what they’re applying for. Additionally, it is also significant as it allows a variety of people to look at what Starbucks have to advertise, therefore attracting potential candidates suitable for the job. By having a job advertisement allows different people to apply for the job and also provides contact details if somebody is interested in applying for the vacancy available. For starbucks, in their job advertisement they provide information such as; part time or full time work hours needed to work, salary, the role of the job and also contact details for further details and how to apply for the job. The job advertisement is easy to read and user-friendly as it is detailed and describes every aspect of the job. Also, this includes the location of the job, this is significant because it is important to know where the job is based so that you’re not applying for a job that isn’t too far away. This also provides you with the salary that you will be paid, hours of work and the closing date of when the application is closed. These are significant because applicants need to know when to do the application by and also would be interested I the amount they will be paid and how many hours the job requires as this is important to see whether the job suits them and their needs. Starbucks Job Vacancy/Advertisement: Job description: It is significant to have a job description as this allows people who want to apply for the job an opportunity to read about what...
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...without allowing distractions and your own personal opinions to interfere with the content, even if you don’t fully agree with the person speaking. When speaking while using professional communication you should determine who your target audience is. This will allow you to determine the strategies you should use, the proper words depending on the group’s age and previous understanding of the content. It will also allow you to have the proper tone, speech and content to present to your audience so that they have a better understanding of your topic. Unprofessional communication is the exact opposite of professional communication. It’s the inability to successfully utilize the several forms of communication. It can happen both in and out of the workplace as well as at school. I personally consider unprofessional communication as a lack of respect for your audience or the person you’re communicating with. Characteristics of unprofessional communication can include not paying attention to the person speaking, using disruptive questions that are not related to the topic, not making eye contact, failing to be open minded or ignoring the content of the information because it doesn’t...
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...Meeting deadlines for an intense project, getting criticized on a piece of work, and even long stressful nights to finish up a project: these are all things a person should expect going into the graphic design career ("Graphic Designer Job Profile"). Being a graphic designer is no easy task, especially if a person is working alone. There’s many stressful deadlines and picky clients that a graphic designer needs to deal with ("Graphic Designer." Government...). To be a graphic designers not only do they need to have artistic abilities, they should have variety of other skills, being able to accept responsibilities, and they need to go through a variety of schooling ("Graphic Designer Job Profile"). Being a graphic designer takes a lot of work...
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...is a professional career. During training you are taught that there are certain things you do and dont do. Correctional officers go through a similar training that the police recruits do. Being a corrections officer is not easy your job is maintaining a jail everyday. Work environment affects jail staff. Positive work situations could also help the professionalism in the work environment. Positive relations with coworkers and work standards (rules and policies) can also have a big impact. Also Correctional officers need to change the way that they view and/or handle their jobs. In a work place you bring what you feel. If you feel sloppy about the job, thats exactly how your going to treat your your position. The attitude towards the people your serving can have a major impact achieving professionalism. In the field of corrections, careers will take time to improve itself. This industry may come off unprofessional but it is far from that. Every manager must help the correction officers keep these professional standards as well. The support from peirs will help the officers understand what is expected of them and help mandate the *Thankfully a very small percentage (less than 5) exhibits he unprofessional disruptive behavior. Very small percentage but still plays a big role when it shouldnt happen at all. * private prisions are somewhat in the same catagory as non private facilities but are different in how much cost efficient they are. In a private facility...
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...In case scenario number one, the psychiatric nurse was being aggressive. Her choice of words and communication style were inappropriate, unprofessional, and rude. This situation required intervention from management including counseling with psychiatric nurse on respectful and tactful communication. The staff RN clearly does not value the input of the CNA and has no respect for his position or duties. Without teamwork and collaboration of all staff, there will be a breakdown in communication resulting in poor patient care. Rashad was trying to clarify his role and responsibilities through passive communication. Due to the aggressive response made by another team member, Rashad likely felt unappreciated and angered by the lack of respect and condescending commentary from his team member. Rashad should discuss this with management and express his concerns and feelings regarding the inconsideration and demeaning behavior from staff RN. Rashad’s after thoughts of sabotage and insubordination are passive aggressive. This type of communication is indirect and ineffective in problem solving. Aggressive communication can create a hostile work environment, untrusting relationships, and low morale. This type of communication creates a vicious cycle of arrogant dictatorship and indirect antagonism. When there is lack of collaboration and listening, there is little chance of a productive working relationship (Hansten & Jackson, 2009). In case scenario two, Pamela was being nonassertive...
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...Sadia Parker Student no 207104611 ISP1 A Teaching Practice Assignment one Monday 13 April 2015 Having attended Mr. Ebrahim’s presentation I have learnt that as teachers you will need to be improvise as lessons will not always go as planned. I will also need to be flexible in the sense that I will need to play different roles when I become a teacher eg: a nurse if a learner gets hurt. Mr. Ebrahim has been a teacher for 27 years so far n I have learnt that you will only get to know how to teach and handle your students through experience, so get to know who your students are and what their problems are this will help you decide how to approach them also get them to participate in the lessons gain the students trust n respect and in return they will respect you. Often it is the students with the behavior problem that have domestic and or personal issues so try and unpack and get them to talk about it and you might see a big change in them instead of shouting at them or sending them to detention. Mr. Ebrahim also mentioned that you should always be prepared for the lessons as students will notice that u are unprepared and take advantage. These are a few of my strengths I am good at listening, working alone, getting tasks done, reliable, determined to achieve goals, like to be prepared. I really like structure and being organized. Gaining more confidence is a change and learning to project my voice. I think I have these strengths because I am now 26 years old I have studied...
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...Improving Organization Retention Paper Tina M Link PSY 435 Feb 2, 2015 Christopher Reid Improving Organization Retention Paper JC’s Casino is the biggest casino’s that has full service and a great casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Many business in the area has acknowledged JC’s Casino as a welcoming and accommodating work environment; with excellent wages, generous benefits, and a dedication for advancement for the employee’s. Lately JC’s Casino has come across some problems with the housekeeping staff, and casino dealers. JC’s Casino has hired on a consultant to assist with retention and work problems. This consultant will focus on both areas by pointing out all the problems and work stressors. They will make suggestions, and apply new job motivation strategies to assist with the retaining of employees and recruitment procedures. The consultant will assist by teaching group management to help highlight job gratification by decreasing all the counterproductive actions, and assist them by supporting productive ones. By gathering all information from HR (human resources), and housekeeping director it has been confirmed that JC’s casino’s main issues is employee related. An elevated retention level for both of these areas has decreased amount of workers, and has caused problems amongst employees and managers. To further investigate the problem the consultant has reviewed the exit interviews, done interviews with the housekeeping, and casino dealers to find out what problems...
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...3 June 2014 Scenario #1 In the scenario from checkpoint 8-4 from Clinical Delegation Skills, Rashad, a nurses aid, was very wrongly degraded and yelled at by the registered nurse. The belittling attitude that the nurse had with the aid was unacceptable, and very unprofessional. The nurse’s choice of communication style was aggressive, while Rashad responded immediately in a passive way, by not speaking up or acting in his defense against her actions. However, internally Rashad wanted to plan a way to get the nurse back, and mentally planned to not “do anything without being told”, which would be more of a passive-aggressive style of communication (Hansten & Jackson, 2009, p. 283). However, Rashad’s best bet would have been to be more assertive and active in his voice, to not allow the nurse, or any other member of the healthcare team, to degrade his worth. The work that aids do is unparalleled to anything else, and the nurse should acknowledge and respect that, not be rude and unprofessional. Both communication styles were incorrect for their own different reasons, and caused more tension than anything else. Being polite yet assertive and professional is the best way to ensure the working environment is calm, smooth, and the colleagues are all understood, respected, and appreciated. All of that, in turn, leads to appropriate communications within the setting. Scenario # 2 In the second scenario, Pamela,...
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...The medical industry environment, with the advent of HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), ACA (Affordable Care Act) and the multiple technological advances in the industry, has an increased need for qualified and intelligent medical workers. Medical assisting, which use to be the young girl at the counter doing intake, has grown into an important element in the efficient operation of a well-run office. There are aspects of medical assisting that fit a particular personality type that can prequalify you for this special work. Health care has become an aggressive and extremely competitive business. New advances allow patients multiple options of providers and organizations covered by insurance (Unknown, 2013) . Providers need to be able to understand and communicate with patients to ensure better customer service and meet patient needs. The medical assistant (MA) is usually the first contact, and the initial impression the patient has of the treatment that will be received. People who choose the medical field have to have the makings of a caregiver personality. They need to be able to place their own desires and wants aside as they assist others through a difficult time. In the midst of a crisis, it is the caregiver who reaches out, without any thought for their own benefit, to provide care...
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...visit following link http://wiseamerican.us/product/pad-515-week-8-assignment-3-str-latest/ Contact us at: SUPPORT@WISEAMERICAN.US PAD 515 WEEK 8 ASSIGNMENT 3 STR LATEST The City Manager has contacted you regarding the following issues concerning various governmental departments and external stakeholders: • In the past year, citizen, department, and outside stakeholder complaints have been filed against the Department of Health administrators. Such complaints cited unprofessional leadership, unethical practices, insufficient customer and patient care, poor fire and emergency response time, and inability to implement change and resolve conflict within and amongst subordinates and staff. The Department of Health is composed of the following agencies: o Social Services, Fire and Emergency Management, and Human Services. • The School Board has a collaborative relationship with various government departments. In the last two (2) months, the School Board has charged department directors with failure to work collaboratively with the School Board on its efforts to: o Meet federal mandates regarding reformation of new policy issues that will impact the leadership of the Department of Redevelopment and Housing, the State Department of Education, and the State Department of Housing and Urban Development. Support the academic leadership of secondary school principals by providing specific student data from the Department of Juvenile Relations, in an attempt to improve...
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...health care a team within an organization/facility or in a clinical setting (Medical Dictionary, 2003-2015). Now to do this position professionally, one would need to have certain attire, communication skills, and a presentation of self (Adrianns, Jay 2013). Therefore, one can see all which encompasses the medical health profession. The dress fits to the job required in the specialty of the health care profession each projecting an image of self-interest in the field they choose to do in their work stations, as one can see in the image below in the white coat of hierarchy (Absurdist 2012). So as, I observe and see the woman in the picture provided, I see she fits into the realm of the profession. The dress is appropriate and well impressive with the stethoscope hung around her neck, perhaps a nurse or physician. She has a smile on her face showing a liking to what she is doing, with a patient behind her in a hospital bed looking comfortable and content. In a medical environment, the medical professional dress perceives those who care for patients with easily...
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...was base on the environment she came from but she shouldn’t mention the name of her senior manager because its unprofessional. Thus, I think Laura is justified in some responses than another. 2. Do you think Laura’s strategic use and display of emotions serve to protect her? Yes and No. Yes because the managers in her workplace don’t like workers to show their emotions, Thus, the only way to survive in that kind of environment is by displaying emotions, which are not really felt by her. By doing this, she will protect her job and satisfied the managers in the short run. For the long run, my answer will be no. Hold the emotions for a long time will made a brusher and make her explode, which will affect her work performance and the relationship with the people who work their, that will not satisfies the managers need. 3. Assuming that Laura’s description is accurate? How would you react to the organization’s culture? This kind of organization’s culture is having e negative effect on the people who work in it. Management with these characteristics does not care about retaining their employee. Using this kind of tactics-fear tactics- will make the work less productive and make them doing as little as they can just to stay under the radar, also made them unfaithful to their work. So If Laura’s description is accurate; I will hold my emotions and do the job as it should be till I found other job with positive environment and friendly managers...
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...having diversity in a collaborative learning environment? ➢ Some advantages of having diversity in a collaborative learning environment is that it is easier for people to have an open mind. Diversity can teach you a lot in your personal environment because nobody should be discriminated and just because of your background it does not make your ideas any less important and it does not make you any less of a person. I think that when you have an open mind to different ideas it can improve your attitude and make the group effort more efficient. Diversity I think can also be an advantage because you can get different points of views from different cultures that some people may not be familiar with. • How might factors such as diversity, attitude, learning, and work styles affect collaboration? ➢ I think that attitude and work style have a lot to do with how it affects collaboration. If you have a negative attitude towards others in your group especially because they are of a different race, it makes everybody’s job harder because nobody wants to work with somebody when they feel uncomfortable. Work style also has a big part in learning and working together. When you’re the kind of person who likes to be organized, open minded and you also know how to compromise/debate in a proper manor but still get your mind across it can improve the group effort. When you are close minded, stubborn, and do not want to do the work it can seriously affect your appearance as a group...
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