workplace Workplace Violence On Wednesday, January 26, 2005, 54-year-old Myles Meyers walked into DaimlerChrysler’s Toledo, Ohio, Assembly plant holding a double-barreled shotgun under his coat. Myers, a Jeep repairman, approached Yiesha Martin, a 27-year-old stock supervisor and stated his intentions. He was there to murder three supervisors: Mike Toney, 45, Roy Thacker, 50, and Carrie Woggerman, 24. Afterwards, he said, he would turn the gun on himself. “I was shaking and I started to cry,”
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Violence in the Workplace When we think of violence in the workplace we think of mass shootings and physical assault. What we don’t think of is that workplace violence encompasses many more aspects, a few examples include verbal abuse, intimidation, perceived threats, and an overall hostile workplace atmosphere. The article I used was “Preventing Violence by Detoxifying the Workplace”. It provides an example of an employee shooting their supervisors. However, I will also point out other aspects
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WORKPLACE VIOLENCE Problem Definition Violence or the threat of violence that took place in the work setting, ranging from threats and verbal abuse to physical assaults and homicide. Coworkers, strangers, customers or even the personal relations, could do it. E.g. Shootings, Rapes, Suicides, phone calls threats Justification of the Problem 1- Lack of Pre-employment Screening Absence of the pre-employment screening could lead to the risk of hiring someone who could be prone to violence
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Case Study No. 1 Workplace Violence Prepared by: Mohamed Elsayed Mohamed Abou Zeid MBA Seeker / Registration ID 4614 Eslsca MIBA 44 H Problem Definition: Workplace Violence and the required actions by organizations to curtail workplace violence. Justification of the Problem: The reasons that caused the problem are divided into two parts. First part is related to the employee criminal action that can be due to several reasons including but not limited to; psychological conditions, ability
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Asset, Inc Proprietary Security Justification Executive Summary Assignment 1 Webster University March 23, 2007 PURPOSE The purpose of this document is to present Asset, Inc with rationale to continue with the employment of the current proprietary security team, vice hiring a contract security corporation. BACKGROUND Asset, Inc is forced with cutting expenses to ensure adequate profit sharing between corporation owners and employees. It is assumed this is not at the expense of customer
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people as evident in workplace violence(Fernandes, Bouthillette, Raboud, Bullock, Moore, Rae, Ouellet, Gillrie & Way, 1999). The effects of workplace violence is far-reaching and costly(Hoag-Apel, 1998). In fact according to the international council of nurses “ health care workers are more likely to be attacked at work than prison guards and police officers”(ICN, 2009). The aim of this essay is to critically appraise a systematic review of the literature based on workplace violence in the emergency
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Lateral violence in the workplace Lona A Smeltzer Southern New Hampshire University Lateral violence in the workplace Abstract This paper explores five published articles as they relate to the concept of Lateral violence (LV) within the nursing profession and how it directly affects the work environment. The concept of LV is also known as abusive behavior, horizontal violence, bullying, aggression, horizontal hostility, verbal abuse or “nurses eating their young”. There are four
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create a better environment in the workplace such as improving the cleanliness of the workplace, improve the air ventilation if the office is very humid which can cause stress among the workers and violence in workplace. For example, by decorating the office in a nice environment or playing soft music at workplace will help to reduce stress. As for the disadvantages is if there is such worker where does not want to work together may also cause conflicts in the workplace. Other than that, by enhancing
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Violence In The Workplace By: Guiseppina Saieva HCA/250 May 26, 2012 Carolyn Moore Violence In The Workplace Bullying is aggressive behavior that maximizes power and control, intending to hurt, threaten or frighten another person. Workplace violence can be any physical assault, threatening behavior, or verbal abuse that occurs in the workplace setting. Employers are responsible for providing a safe workplace environment for their employees but people still
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productive and safe work environment. Human Resources must ensure that the workplace is free of harassment and bullying. Employees should feel comfortable and safe in their place of employment. Creating a productive working environment is beneficial to both the employee and the organization. Failing to take action in regards to workplace harassment and bullying leaves the organization liable for legal repercussions. Workplace harassment and bullying can often deter workers from committing violent acts
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