SU Workplace Abuse Discussion

Please respond to my Discussion Board Question included below.Please follow the Rubric for Discussion Board to maximize your points.

You will have four (4) days to post your answers to the question(s), Initial post is due by Sat. 

Feb 13, 2021 midnight.

Once you have answered the question(s), please respond to one of yourpeers answer(s) to the question(s) this response is due by Weds Feb 17 at 1759 midnight.

What initiatives are in place to curtailvictimization? Pick a topic listed below.

–Bullying

-Intimate Partner Abuse

Elder Abuse

-Drug Abuse

Workplace Abuse

-Homelessness.

RESPOND 1 to respond

Victimizationtakes different forms; however, it creates physical, emotional, financial, andfinancial burdens for all the victims. 

Workplace abuse is a form ofvictimization in which aggression is advanced to one employee or a group.Aggression arising from workplace victimization contributes to physical,psychological, and emotional damage, which, if not resolved, can last for a considerablylong time (Burke, 2018). 

Workplace abuse takes different forms. Some of theseforms include bullying, physical assaults, undermining the authority of thepersons in charge, and racial bias. 

Workplace abuse can involve bothpsychological and physical abuse.

Theinitiatives to prevent workplace abuse depend on the initiatives undertaken bythe organization. 

Much of the success of these organizational policies dependon the leaders. 

A key industry is to ensure that policies and proceduresdictate a clear channel of reporting any incidences of incivility (Burke, 2018).

The organization should also provide transparent support systems which wouldoffer a recourse.

 Some of the support services include toll-free lines wherethe employee can anonymously call and report the feelings of being unfairlytargeted or incidences of incivility (Robbins, 2018). 

Another important initiativewould entail implementing employer and customer surveys, which would assess anyforms of grievances and act on them accordingly.

Theprimary approach involves lawfully processing the complaints while creating aninvestigation process to evaluate the reported incidence. 

There should be noexceptions, whether it is the senior staff or junior staff member who has beenaccused of incivility; however, launching a thorough investigation would becritical in evaluating the information and evidence gathered (Burke, 2018).

Another initiative that ends the victimization in the long term should entail providingproper training to all the employees in the context of respectful communication.Training would enable employees to prevent and recognize incidences thatcontribute to incivility and aggression at the workplace.

Finally,the employees must understand that the current work environment starts with theperson. Besides, there is a need to model and support ethical and respectfulbehavior in daily interactions. 

Communicating incivility should follow the properchannels established as per the organizational protocols (Robbins, 2018). Theapproach does not mean that the patient should remain silent when there areincidences of being bullied. There should be zero tolerance to cases ofworkplace abuse both by employers and employees.

References

Burke,R. J. (2018). Violence and abuse in the workplace: An increasing challenge.In Violence and abuse in and around organizations (pp. 1-37).Routledge.

Robbins,K. C. (2018). Workplace Violence–The Joint Commission’s Sentinel Alert. NephrologyNursing Journal, 45(3), 291-292.