Steps in Investigating and Preventing Fight at the Workplace
View this video about a breakroom brawl: Urban Vids. (2019, September 29). Massive fight at their workplace [Video]. YouTube. https://www(dot)youtube(dot)com/watch?v=wePI6cYHoHQ
SLP Assignment
Well, we must say that not all workplace tensions escalate to this level! However, when they do, there are follow-up steps that need to be taken.
In this assignment, you will focus on conducting a workplace investigation. You are an HR specialist assigned to investigate this breakroom brawl. Identify your approach and discuss why you chose the steps you recommend to investigate the situation. No one was seriously hurt, and the plant owner does NOT want the police called due to bad publicity. The labor union at the plant did nothing to stop the fight and perhaps was involved. The plant owner/manager does, however, want to find out from your approach how and why this happened and who is responsible. Be sure to also discuss what next steps might be available to prevent this from happening again. You wonder if coaching, counseling, and/or corrective actions are warranted.
You may need to add fictitious names and other realistic, but fictitious, information to round out your SLP 4.
Support the concepts in your paper with at least two high-quality references (peer-reviewed academic journal).
Submit your 2- to 3-page paper by the module’s due date.
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The brawl occurring in the workplace is a reprehensible incident that requires thorough investigation. According to Shier et al. (2017), employee-to-employee violence can have a devastating and negative outcome on the professional relationships between individuals, leading to the company’s poor performance. As a result, responsible stakeholders should find appropriate strategies for addressing the root cause of the issue by finding the primary reasons for the brawl and the culprits. Thus, as the HR specialist tasked with investigating the recent canteen fight in the company, using a non-aggressive yet coordinated and comprehensive investigation approach would be critical to deconstructing the issue, finding the responsible individuals, and determining appropriate methods for preventing a recurrence.
Based on the sensitivity of the case and the need to protect the company’s public image, maintaining objectivity and confidentiality throughout the investigation process will remain paramount. The first step will be reviewing the company policies to ensure that the entire process occurs within the existing firm policy about work-related violence and safeguards the established rights and procedures. The next step is to request any potential witnesses and supervisors to volunteer in anonymously conducted interviews to determine the cause and culprits of the violence. Acknowledging that this step can be challenging and complex is critical to ensuring that one remains objective and fair without appearing to victimize any individuals. The central priority will be discerning the content and context of the brawl. This step will be followed by reviewing documents presented by interviewees and other past violence reports about any suspects, summoning the mentioned individual to listen to their defense and determine the course of action based on their guilt. These steps are fundamental because they assist one in isolating the leading cause of the issue and offer each suspect an oppo...