communities RRI Energy serve they have made safety their #1 priority. Safety does not just occur onsite but it’s extended out to the communities it is employees. The contractor safety procedures RRI energy has implemented are second to none. RRI’s zero tolerance policy does not promote those who violate their safety regulations and has stringent punishment for and supplier who does. Secondly, the core value that RRI Energy Inc., has embraced and fostered is the concept of teamwork. By encouraging
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Does School Violence Warrant a Zero-Tolerance Policy? While violence is becoming a common occurrence in many schools across the country, we must ask, does violence deserve a zero-tolerance policy? Studies have shown that there are many positives and negatives to having the zero-tolerance policies in schools today. The amount of violence in schools has continued to rise in recent years and this has led to people wanting a way to change it. Are zero-tolerance policies the way to do it? Studies
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Academic Outcomes As a result of zero tolerance policies which proved to be a factor in the overrepresentation of African American male students in receiving exclusionary discipline consequences, missed classroom time was severely affected. When students are absent from the classroom due to suspensions or expulsions, they miss valuable classroom contact hours which places them at risk of falling behind their classmates leading to academic failure, increased school dropout rates, and brushes with
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Henri Fayol and Zero Tolerance Policies Lee SCHIMMOELLER1 Abstract Zero tolerance policies have been increasingly popular in both education and business. Henri Fayol was the one of the earliest and influential thinkers in modern management theory. He defined management as a body of knowledge and defined his 14 administrative principles. It is an interesting exercise to apply Fayol’s teachings to the theory of zero tolerance and attempt to determine what Fayol would think of this new management
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workers which is critical to the bottom line. Companies try to resolve these differences in many ways including: Team building exercises, training, group projects, and Zero-Tolerance policies. In fact, one of the fastest growing trends firms are using to combat serious potential problems is the use of Zero-Tolerance Policies. Zero-Tolerance policies are policies that enforce pre-determined punishments for pre-determined offenses. By instituting these policies firms show employees, potential employees
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You are the manager of the sales department for XYZ Company and have been in your position for the past 5 years. As part of your managing duties; you monitor the department e-mail system and receive 'alerts' when any e-mail contains inappropriate 'buzz words.' You just received an 'alert' that your top-performing sales employee (Pat) received an email from a friend (Terry) outside of the company. After reviewing the email, Pat is planning on spending the weekend at Terry's property and it appears
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Sexual Harassment Employment Law DeVry University September 22, 2013 Sexual Harassment Brittany has a legally viable claim for quid pro quo sexual harassment and hostile environment sexual harassment. Quid pro quo sexual harassment is defined as “sexual harassment in which the harasser requests sexual activity from the harassee in exchange for workplace benefits” (Bennett-Alexander & Hartman, 2012, p. 403). Hostile environment sexual harassment is defined as “sexual harassment in which
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• A good Manager or owner should lead by example never ask your employees to do something you will not do yourself. Do not be afraid to get into the job with them. Many think they should lead as a dictator. This type of behavior will not be tolerated in this company. 3. Understanding • Understand your employee’s needs. Do not shut them out. A company goes further when you have Employees you are loyal to you and not disgruntled 4. Sexual Harassment • Zero tolerance for Sexual
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public. Critically discuss and include in your answer at least one policing strategy for addressing this problem. Alcohol fuelled violence ‘has’ been taken seriously by police and public in recent years. The introduction of new strategies, zero tolerance and community awareness have all helped towards fixing the problem. Unfortunately there is strong evidence of an association between the consumption of alcohol and violence (Graham & Homel 2008). The rates of physical and verbal abuse by a person
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Zero-Tolerance in Memphis The Memphis School District had a transformational change happen, when Superintendent Willie Herenton left his position to become the first black mayor of Memphis, the school district hired Dr. Gerry House, in 1992, from the outside because they felt that her experience in a school district that had already been restructured would lead Memphis school reform. It was noted in that case written by Ferrero (1998) that school board thought she could unite “progressive white
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