Respect in the Workplace

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Respect in the Workplace

• Culture of Respect
• What is Respect
• Diversity
• Harassment/Discrimination
• What to do about it?

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Culture

• Learned conscious and unconsciously behaviors for
  daily living
• Use of silverware
• Use of chopsticks
• Wearing hats indoors
• Please /Thank you

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Culture of Respect

• Respect to show regard for others
• Show behaviors and words
• Regard recognizing
• Others human beings

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ASC Culture of Respect

• We agree to show respect for all with our words
  and actions that reflect that we recognize other
  people as human beings
• Is there anyone who wants to be treated with
  disrespect?

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How do we do that?

• Golden rule
• Treat others as you want to be treated

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The Golden Rule

• Buddhism Hurt not other in ways that you
  yourself would find hurtful Udana-Varga 518
• Christianity So in everything, do to others
  what you would have them do to you, for this sums
  up the Law and the Prophets. MT 712
• Islam No one of you is a believer until he
  desires for his brother that which he desires for
  himself Sunnah

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The Golden Rule

• Judaism What is hateful to you, do not to your
  fellowman. That is the entire law the rest is
  commentary. Shabbat 31a
• Taoism Regard your neighbors gain as your own
  gain and your neighbors loss as your own loss
  Tai Shang Kan Ying Pien

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The Golden Rule

• Treat human beings as you want to be treated as a
  human being

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We are all the same

• Human Beings
• Feelings/emotions
• We all feel pain, we all bleed in we are cut
• Work to provide for ourselves and our families
• We expect to be treated with respect
• At work
• In a restaurant
• At the bank
• At the doctors office

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Diversity
High School Graduate
Disabled
American Citizen
Male
Female
Black
Farm
Asian
Immigrant
Tall
Husband
City
Girlfriend
White
Twenty
Fifty
Parent
Short
Native American
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Culture of Disrespect

• Consciously or unconsciously learned behaviors
  that show we do not care that other people are
  human beings
• We do not treat others as we want to be treated

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What happens when we do not

• .treat other human beings with respect
• Hurts others causing pain and suffering
• Devalues the person and their ideas
• Trivializes individuals accomplishments
• Causes us not to listen to them
• Excludes them from the team
• Wastes talent and time
• Energy spent earning the respect back
• Creates low morale for the subject and
  bystanders 10

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Culture of Disrespect

• Discrimination
• Stereotyping
• Harassment
• Bullying

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Discrimination

• Discrimination with our words or actions we
  treat certain individuals or groups differently
• ASC Services
• ASC Workplace

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Stereotypes

• We give everyone in a certain group the same
  attributes
• We are all different, even within groups
• We put others in boxes

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Harassment

• Harassment with our words or actions we make
  the workplace uncomfortable and hostile for
  individuals or groups

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Harassment -Hostile Environment

• Unwanted and uncomfortable
• Physical
• Verbal
• Visual

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Harassment

• Some harassment is simply not understanding what
  is disrespectful to others who are different
• And some harassment is willful

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Bullying

• A form of harassment - the willful, conscious
  desire to hurt another and put him/her under
  stress
• Social alienation - Jokes
• Gossiping - Name calling
• Embarrassing others - Physical violence
• Rumors
• Threats
• Taking personal items 20

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Bullying

• Victims are often weaker or in a position of
  subordination
• Acts out only when others are not around
• Hiding their own inadequacies
• Research has shown are often abusers of family
  members

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Culture of Disrespect

• Illegal
• Behavior (stereotyping, discriminating,
  harassment, bullying) that is based on race,
  gender, religion, national origin, age, sexual
  orientation, disability or martial status is
  illegal under state or federal law in the
  workplace
• ASC - it is all disrespect
• Does not need to be based on protected class

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Illegal Harassment

• Asking for sexual favors in return for work
  privileges
• So severe or numerous that it has the effect of
  altering terms and conditions of the workplace
• Victims Perspective/ Reasonable person
• Unwelcomed

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What is unacceptable at ASC?
Illegal Unwelcomed Change work conditions Based
on protected criteria Severe/multiple occasions

• ASC
• Disrespectful

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Disrespect in the workplace

• .. Harassment which creates a hostile or
  offensive environment for members of one group
  .a requirement that a man or woman run a
  gauntlet of abuse in return for the privilege of
  being allowed to work and make a living can be
  demeaning and disconcerting ..

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Culture of respect

• We agree to show respect for all with our words
  and actions that reflect that we recognize other
  people as human beings
• Because we are diverse, respect may mean
  different things to different people

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How do we learn about differences?

• Understand that differences exist
• Talking with your coworkers and really listening
• Being flexible to new ideas and ways of doing
  things
• Read articles or watch television programs that
  highlight other cultures

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How to prevent disrespecting others

• Think before you speak Will this offend
  someone?
• G-rated workplace
• Not everyone shares your attitudes and comfort
  levels
• Avoid negative comments about others
• She is really stupid
• He is strange
• 30

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How to prevent disrespecting others

• Avoid spreading rumors and gossip
• Jokes fun or play is never at the expense of
  someone else
• Nicknames should not be given

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How to prevent disrespecting others

• Socialization in the workplace is normal
• Some behaviors are not professional
• Asking someone out
• Discussing private matters at work

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How to prevent disrespecting others

• Respect personal space
• Never assume touching is welcome
• Beware of offensive gestures
• Remember other cultures interpret them
  differently

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How to prevent disrespecting others

• Pictures
• Defiling someones photo
• Suggestive cartoons, calendars and other
• Threats

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What to do with disrespect?

• Disrespect based on the protect factors race,
  gender, religion, national origin, age, sexual
  orientation, disability or martial status should
  be reported immediately to a manager, the Human
  Resources Manager or the Executive Director
  according the Non Discrimination Non Harassment
  Policy

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Other Disrespect

• Address the person who is committing the
  disrespect because of non-protected factors
• Pick a good time
• Eliminate emotions
• Be specific
• Ask them to stop
• Listen to the harassers response

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Other disrespect

• If the behavior continues or retaliation occurs
  when you confront non-protected disrespect please
  notify your manager, the Human Resources Manager
  and the Executive Director.

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I did not mean to disrespect you

• Accept their feelings
• Apologize for not understanding their point of
  view
• Agree not to do it again
• Do not repeat that behavior in the workplace

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Responsibility

• We are all responsible for the reasonable
  perceptions of our own behavior

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Responsibilities

• We are all responsible for establishing and
  maintaining respectful working relationships with
  coworkers and customers

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Culture of Respect

• We agree to show respect for all with our words
  and actions that reflect that we recognize other
  people as human beings

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