Legal and Ethical Issues in Human Resources Human resources encompass varies functions in an organization including acquisition, development of talent, and maintenance (Dessler, 2013). The functions of human resource personnel are to achieve company goals and objectives through the means of their employees. Most organizations rely on their human resource professionals to allow their businesses to remain relevant and viable in today's competitive global business market (Walkinshaw, Bohdal-Spiegelhoff, Geller & Benko, 2014). Those professionals, including human resource professionals and member of management, that actively work together can ensure that their organizations are able to achieve greater success by maintaining and enforcing high …show more content…
In their code of ethics the organization outlines harassment as behavior that has the purpose or effect of creating unwelcome, offensive, intimidating or hostile work environments for another person (PetSmart, 2014). The comments Jason made that night were not only sexual in nature but equally offensive and unprofessional. As employees, we were instructed to notify our manager when or if we experienced any form of harassment. The next morning my manager Chris came into work I notified him of the incidents I encountered. After speaking with Chris I found out that several of my coworkers had complaints against Jason and was told that if I filed an official report that 'something' could be done about his behavior and that no one else has made a formal harassment charge against him …show more content…
With this, they are also required to recognize and report safety issues to appropriate resources immediately (PetSmart, 2014). Chris did notify my district manager of the incident, but also told all of my coworkers the confidential information I had given him in hopes of finding a resolution towards Jason's unprofessional behavior. Jason soon learned that I was filling a report against him for sexual harassment and quit his job before the company could notify my human resources department, that is located out of state, on what had happened that night. Instead of finding a resolution, Chris told all of the employees that Jason left the company due to a job offer he received and would no longer be on the work schedule. Still shaken from the incidents I encountered, and confused about why my information was not kept confidential or that I had no one else to talk to, I left work that day feeling utterly discouraged and