Managers must respond appropriately to the difficult challenges associated with trying to balance the sometimes-conflicting goals of employee discipline and employee rights. There are major issues and laws associated with employee rights and privacy that organizations must understand when managing their employees. The policies, practices, and procedures that organizations should follow when they discipline or discharge employees are often poorly written or not followed. Above all, managers must conduct themselves in an ethical manner in all management-employee interactions. Read Dana Wilkies column, Teen Behavior Isnt Just in gh School; Its Also at Work. If 3 in 4 workers report that theyve witnessed adolescent behaviors in the workplace, you can imagine the headache this creates for mangers. Volunteer a work-related examplenot using any namesof the type of behavior described by Wilkie that you have observed or been involved in as the supervisor.
