Respect is the Key to Success

            As a business administration major, I learn on a daily basis the importance of respect in the workplace.  To respect someone means that you give him or her the privacy that he or she deserves as an employee, and that you do not distract him or her throughout the workday.

Privacy is a very controversial subject within the workplace.  Now it is possible for employers to read employees’ emails.  Cameras can let employers know every movement of their employees.  Also, when applying there is a lot of information that the employee must give the employer. “The requested information may at times be personal and potentially privacy sensitive.”(Palm, 2008) It is important for employers to learn the boundaries of privacy and not use any information given against the employee.

Avoiding distractions at work is a great way to show respect. “In today’s technological world, one can have access to many tools that can be of use to managers and leaders, but inappropriate use of those same tools can distract one from doing the most important work.”(Dance & Service, 2013) In today’s business world it is important for employees to keep on task so as to complete all assigned work.

Respect is important whether you are the owner of a business, a manager, or even an employee.  Each person must learn to respect his or her colleagues at work by giving him or her the privacy that he or she deserves and by avoiding distractions.  It does not matter if they are technological distractions or anything that makes it so that you are not on task.  If you show respect in the workplace, you will be more successful.

References

Dance, J. W., & Service, R. W. (2013). The attractive nuisance: A model to prevent workplace distractions. Journal of Multidisciplinary Research , 5 (2), 35.

Palm, E. (2008, August 25). Privacy expectations at work—What is Reasonable and Why? Ethic Theory Moral Prac , 212.