Work Place Harassment

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by: Byron Ash Total views: 1 Word Count: 336 Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 Time: 12:44 PM 0 comments

The term harassment has the initial definition of irritating, tormenting persistently or bullying by means of anything physical, mental or social means. Harassment is one form of torture that is often done due to its subtlety and is hard to distinguish from plain teasing. But it is a reality that every employee should be well aware of, especially in their work place.

Employees are subjected to protection from harassment anywhere they go. Harassment is both illegal and unethical in the first place, as it bullies employees, whether singular or as a group, without any proper cause. Even so, harassment usually employs tactics that are so dirty, they are enough to subject the perpetrator to human rights violation questioning. Employees and employers are not allowed to harass each other in the work place. Anyone who starts doing so can be held responsible for their action.

Harassment usually comes in the form of verbal abuse and physical conduct that is both unacceptable and unethical even in loose terms. This includes defamation of any degree, purely because of a factored hostility that stems from the person's status, race, religion, age, handicap, or any physical or mental difference deemed different from the norm.

Harassment becomes a deterrent at work when the bullying and teasing causes the employee to slowly lose productivity, affecting work rate and psychology. The goal of the harasser is to make the work environment of the target as unpleasant as they can afford without attracting attention within themselves. This usually happens during office hours, so the victim cannot afford to fight back or he might lose his concentration in his or her work. This harassment causes a chain reaction of non-productivity within the company.

America is said to be the most ethnically diverse nation in the world. Almost all people from different races and nationalities converge here to work and find their greener pasture. With this condition, there's always a high chance of harassment happening behind the management's back.



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