A gunman killed three people in shootings that ended at a lawn care company in Kansas on Thursday, authorities said. An additional 14 people were injured 10 of whom are in critical condition at local hospitals. The shooter was also killed by police, bringing the total number of fatalities to four. Authorities first got calls about a man shooting from a vehicle in Newton about 5 p.m., the Harvey County Sheriff's Office said. Minutes later, there were reports of a shooting at Excel Industries, which makes lawn care equipment in Hesston, Kansas. Matt Jarrell, a painter at Excel, told CNN, that Cedric Ford his co-worker and friend is the suspected shooter. "Never in a million years" would he expect his friend to do something like this, Jarrell …show more content…
When most people take the time to think about whom normally commits the act of workplace violence, they think of the disgruntled employee. But within the last 10 to 15 years, there has been an explosion of research on workplace violence, sparked at least in part by the postal shootings of the mid-1990s, hence the term going postal. The workplace as we know it today has now become a place for people of all ages to declare their loyalty to terrorist groups or a place to take out their frustrations on innocent people. So how is workplace violence defined? The term "workplace" takes in a tremendously wide range of environments. ”Some environments are necessarily or statistically more violent than others. School workers and nurses have a much higher than average probability of encountering violence at work and, of course, police officers’ encounters it as an occupational hazard. There are chapters about all of these and other occupational environments so those readers who work in specific areas may find useful information for their work (Thomas, Jay. Personnel Psychology60.2) (Summer 2007): 523-525”. To truly understand workplace violence we must understand the definition, which is a form of violence, usually physical abuse or a threat that creates a risk to the health and safety of an employee or multiple …show more content…
Approximately 3.2 million violent crimes in the workplace, about 500,000 victims lose an estimated 1.8 million work days each year and $55 million in wages, not including days covered by sick and annual leave as workplace violence has increased, so have the legal challenges facing today's employers. Which intern means we the law-abiding citizens get the higher prices and not such a good consumer experience, but as with any problem there is a solution. In the case of workplace violence, the solution is bigger than just one person. It starts with the employer being willing to make some changes and the first one is done by educating his/her employees this is called Prevention which if done in the right manner the employer/employee will develop a relationship that is based on trust and respect. Within prevention also fall workplace, Policy which will set the guidelines for such an incident. The next step is Intervention which covers security of the place of business by controlling traffic entering and existing one’s facility. This takes me to the last step of workplace violence and that is Rehabilitation. If you think about the effects of a violent act that we see on TV we often say God bless them. But in reality, the victims will have to live with the memories for the rest of their lives even if they did not suffer any
Domestic violence affects the victim physically often times causing injuries that could lead to hospitalization or death, psychologically involving gaining control over the victim as well, and socially by isolating them from family and friends. When we think of the effects of domestic violence it becomes clear that it not only affects the victim and the family but as in recent years, the violence can spill beyond the walls of the home into the neighborhood and the workplace resulting in what has become more and more common, domestic violence related workplace shootings. Domestic v...
...sent in the justice system. Through comparison, Miakaelsen proves that healing must be a sector of concentration in justice, if society aims to retrograde the complications created by a crime. As a result of punishment being a fixation in justice, legislation is directly contributing to detriment of our society. By remaining focused on punishment, our governance is failing to erase the taint crime inflicts upon our nescient society. As citizens, we must manifest together to demonstrate our support for justice which focuses on restoration, rather than retribution. Otherwise, with solely punitive measures in place, this cycle of lawlessness will remain incessant. Is this reality of harsh discipline still acceptable if there is no obvious benefit from these methods?
The small study was done to determine how often particpants were exposed to lateral violence. This voluntary study was a web based study to allow anonymoty and consisted of a pretest then an educational session followed by a post test, with a three month follow up survey. The pre-intervention survey showed that staff was seeing lateral violence weekly and post intervention showed a decrease in behaviors to monthly. This shows that education can have a positive impact on decreasing incidents of lateral violence.
Pam Criss's article in the Journal of Social Work Education, titled Effects of Client Violence on Social Work Students: A National Study shows results on the effects of direct and indirect client violence against a random sample of MSW and BSW students from the National Association of Social Works in the United State. This study looks at how workplace violence is a concern for social work students entering their field placement. These types of violence may be a major factor in the student’s choice of decreased commitment to the occupation. One act of violence can lead the student to fear more acts of violence. In addition, it looks at how a social worker can be affected vicariously by hearing of colleagues being harmed or threatened. Furthermore, a relationship between violence in the work place and the social worker deciding to leave the workplace because of decreased effective organizational commitment due to the negative effects of stress and burnout is also shown (Criss, 2010)
This has become a serious concern and companies now have to take a stand to protect their employees as well as the organization. Workplace violence can have a damaging effect on a company. A company can suffer serious implications if they don’t introduce policies in the workplace that protect employees from becoming a target. Families affected can sue a company for not having proper procedures in place to protect their loved ones. Millions are paid out every year to compensate for the damages incurred.
Violence causes a great deal of suffering and harm in the world today and yesterday (Cross 2013). Peace and conflict researchers are undeniably justified in their selection of inter and intra-state violence as objects of study because the social context for both the performance and understanding of violence is of central importance (Cross 2013). However it is surprisingly rare to find a definition of violence (Moore 2003). Thus uncertainty prevails as to whether violence is limited to physical abuse or includes verbal and psychological abuse (Moore 2003). Agreeing with Moore (2003), Galtung (1969) said it is not important to arrive at a definition of violence because there are obliviously many types of violence. Violence is not
She said that rather than see the disgruntled employees actually retaliating against their abusive boss, the mistreated workers could instead benefit from the harmless act of symbolic retaliation. The researchers asked the participants in the study to recall and visualize a workplace interaction that involved abuse from a supervisor. They asked some of the workers to retaliate by using a voodoo doll or to complete a task in which they had to fill in the blanks to complete
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It has been estimated in a study by the American Management Association that managers spend between 20% to as much as 50% of their times dealing with conflict among their employees (American Sentinel, 2012). When workplace conflicts are left unresolved they can lead to dissatisfaction, depression and other problems such as aggression and violence (Whitworth 2008). The negative, sometimes hostile, environment created by unresolved conflict has been recognized to be a hazard not only to staff, but also to patient care (The Joint Commission 2008).
Trossman, S. (2010). Not ‘Part of the job’ Nurses Seek an End to Workplace Violence.
Mayhew, C., McCarthy, P., Chappell, D., Quinlan, M., Barker, M. & Sheehan, M. (2004). Measuring the extent of impact from occupational violence and bullying on traumatized workers. Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal, 16(3), 117–134.
Worker safety is an increasing issue with the change in the structure of our society. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (2004, p. 6) states, "Health care and social service workers face an increased risk of work-related assaults." This can include "violence by strangers, customers or clients, coworkers, and personal relations (Kolupski, 2016a). Social worker 's safety is a concern in the facility and out in the field. In an effort to prevent violence in the workplace, there are steps organizations must take to ensure the safety of all involved. Being able to recognize dangerous situations to include client signals, environmental signs, and internal signals, are important to continue to provide inclusive
Research indicates the relationship between horizontal violence and the burn out rate of registered nurses to be epistemologically significant due to a determined prevalence of nonphysical violence in the health care setting and the potential nature, severity and ubiquitous state of its prospective consequences. This systematic review will examine the aforementioned phenomenon in further detail with a focus on specific implications, if any, on the burn out rate of registered nurses.
Workplace violence is defined as the violence or threat of violence against an employee/coworker. This can range from threats and verbal abuse to physical abuse inside or outside the workplace. This has become a growing concern for employers nationwide with some 2 million American workers becoming victims to workplace violence each year. Workplace violence has a great economic impact both on the employee and employer. With violence can come thousands of lost work days, lost wages, and building legal expenses, property damage, diminished public image and increased security.
Diversity is something not only many individuals face on a day to day basis, but also something that we face as a nation together. Now diversity can be dispersed into many different categories, but for the sack of this research paper. We will focus majority towards the workplace spectrum and how exactly that correlates within harassment. But to be able to fully understand how harassment can be involved within the topic, first we must discover exactly what is harassment.