Consensual Relationship Agreements Case Study
Consensual Relationship Agreements Case Study
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Argue For the Use of Consensual Relationship Agreements in Your Current Workplace
Nowadays romantic relationships at work are happening more frequently. Thus, those links are bounded in many workplaces to occur. People spend most of their active time in their workplaces, which is not given them the chance to have a more active family and social life. Due this, co-workers ' relationships are narrowing even more, creating different kinds of feelings as physical attraction, taste, and ending in fall in love. Consequently organizations have had to plan containment strategies on the possible effects generated by the relationships in the workplace.
Therefore arise a Consensual Relationship Agreement, which Hellriegel & Slocum defined as: a written contract in which the romantically involved parties acknowledge the following: Their relationship is voluntary and consensual, they agree to abide by the employer’s antidiscrimination, antiharassment and workplace conduct policies, they promise to report any perceived harassment to management, if it occurs, they agree to behave professionally and not to allow the relationship to affect their performance, they agree to avoid behavior that offends others in the workplace, and they agree not to engage in favoritism (p. 65).
Above all, I will analyze the strengths and weaknesses built around a relationship in the workplace. An argument by Hellriegel and Slocum, (2011) about use of this topic in the workplace sustains that the use of a Consensual Relationship Agreement could reduce the risk of sexual harassment litigation, and perceptions of favoritism, as well reminding dating employees of the lack of privacy in the workplace.
Having a working relationship could be an exciting new experience for many employees who never have been involved in one; this can take them from the long boring days until they cannot wait to return to the
Strayer University
Argue For the Use of Consensual Relationship Agreements in Your Current Workplace
Nowadays romantic relationships at work are happening more frequently. Thus, those links are bounded in many workplaces to occur. People spend most of their active time in their workplaces, which is not given them the chance to have a more active family and social life. Due this, co-workers ' relationships are narrowing even more, creating different kinds of feelings as physical attraction, taste, and ending in fall in love. Consequently organizations have had to plan containment strategies on the possible effects generated by the relationships in the workplace.
Therefore arise a Consensual Relationship Agreement, which Hellriegel & Slocum defined as: a written contract in which the romantically involved parties acknowledge the following: Their relationship is voluntary and consensual, they agree to abide by the employer’s antidiscrimination, antiharassment and workplace conduct policies, they promise to report any perceived harassment to management, if it occurs, they agree to behave professionally and not to allow the relationship to affect their performance, they agree to avoid behavior that offends others in the workplace, and they agree not to engage in favoritism (p. 65).
Above all, I will analyze the strengths and weaknesses built around a relationship in the workplace. An argument by Hellriegel and Slocum, (2011) about use of this topic in the workplace sustains that the use of a Consensual Relationship Agreement could reduce the risk of sexual harassment litigation, and perceptions of favoritism, as well reminding dating employees of the lack of privacy in the workplace.
Having a working relationship could be an exciting new experience for many employees who never have been involved in one; this can take them from the long boring days until they cannot wait to return to the
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