Workplace Discrimination: Understanding Legal and Ethical Requirements
Much of employment law and ethics is intended to avoid or address discrimination in the workplace. Based on your own experiences, or those of family or friends, you may be aware of the damaging effects of discrimination in hiring, promotion, compensation, and myriad other aspects of work.
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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is the federal agency charged with ending employment discrimination. In that role it may not, as yet, have succeeded in wiping out discrimination in employment, but as you will discover in researching its website, the EEOC is dedicated to its mission.
For your Module 5 Assignment, you will create a PowerPoint presentation for nurse executives on recognizing and responding to employment discrimination in healthcare settings. Be aware that this Assignment is due by Day 7 of Week 10.
To Prepare:
Review the Learning Resources, with particular attention to those on employment law and discrimination.
In particular, review the EEOC website for the following:
Trends on reporting of discrimination in organizations (for example, browse the “Newsroom” and “Laws, Regulations, Guidance & MOUs” sections to spot trends), as well as trends in discrimination charges through the years
Information on the types of discrimination reported to the EEOC
Data on discrimination charges by type (e.g., age, disability, pregnancy, etc.) and the basis of the charge (e.g., race, religion, retaliation, disability)
Process for filing a complaint and protections against retaliation
Consider implications for healthcare organizations in the EEOC findings.
Consider the legal and ethical role of nurse executives in responding to cases of discrimination and in setting and enforcing policies to avoid discriminatory behavior.
Assignment:
Based on your research, in 8–10 slides, plus Title and Reference slides, include the following:
Explain basic legal and ethical terms and guidelines that pertain to the topic of workplace discrimination.
Summarize your findings from the EEOC website, including types of discrimination and those most frequently charged, trends in reporting of discrimination, and implications for healthcare organizations in statistics and trends.
Demonstrates achievement of scholarly inquiry for professional and academic topics.
Presentation of information was exceptional and included all of the following elements:
Provides evidence of scholarly inquiry relevant to required TD topic(s).
Presents specific information from scholarly sources to develop a comprehensive presentation of facts.
Uses at least one outside scholarly reference that is relevant, less than 5 years old (use of older references requires instructor permission) and reliable for the required topic.*
Uses in-text citation and full reference at end of posting when presenting another person’s thoughts as quotes or paraphrase of information.
Presentation of information was good, but was superficial in places and included all of the following elements:
Provides evidence of scholarly inquiry relevant to required TD topic(s).
Presents specific information from scholarly sources to develop a comprehensive presentation of facts.
Uses at least one outside scholarly reference that is relevant, less than 5 years old (use of older references requires instructor permission) and reliable for the required topic.*
Uses in-text citation and full reference at end of posting when presenting another person’s thoughts as quotes or paraphrase of information.
Presentation of information was minimally demonstrated in all of the following elements:
Provides evidence of scholarly inquiry relevant to required TD topic(s).
Presents specific information from scholarly sources to develop a comprehensive presentation of facts.
Uses at least one outside scholarly reference that is relevant, less than 5 years old (use of older references requires instructor permission) and reliable for the required topic.*
Uses in-text citation and full reference at end of posting when presenting another person’s thoughts as quotes or paraphrase of information.
Presentation of information is unsatisfactory in one of the following elements:
Provides evidence of scholarly inquiry relevant to required TD topic(s).
Presents specific information from scholarly sources to develop a comprehensive presentation of facts.
Uses at least one outside scholarly reference that is relevant, less than 5 years old (use of older references requires instructor permission) and reliable for the required topic.*
Uses in-text citation and full reference at end of posting when presenting another person’s thoughts as quotes or paraphrase of information.
Presentation of information is unsatisfactory in two of the following elements:
Provides evidence of scholarly inquiry relevant to required TD topic(s).
Presents specific information from scholarly sources to develop a comprehensive presentation of facts.
Uses at least one outside scholarly reference that is relevant, less than 5 years old (use of older references requires instructor permission) and reliable for the required topic.*
Uses in-text citation and full reference at end of posting when presenting another person’s thoughts as quotes or paraphrase of information.
Presentation of information is unsatisfactory in threeor more of the following elements
Provides evidence of scholarly inquiry relevant to required TD topic(s).
Presents specific information from scholarly sources to develop a comprehensive presentation of facts.
Uses at least one outside scholarly reference that is relevant, less than 5 years old (use of older references requires instructor permission) and reliable for the required topic.*
Uses in-text citation and full reference at end of posting when presenting another person’s thoughts as quotes or paraphrase of information
16 Points
14 Points
13 Points
11 Points
9 Points
0 Points
Application of Course Knowledge
Demonstrate the ability to analyze and apply principles, knowledge and information learned in the outside readings and relate them to real-life professional situations
Presentation of information was exceptional and included all of the following elements:
Applies principles, knowledge and information from scholarly resources to the required topic.
Applies facts, principles or concepts learned from scholarly resources to a professional experience.
Application of information is comprehensive and specific to the required topic.
Presentation of information was good, but was superficial in places and included all of the following elements:
Applies principles, knowledge and information from scholarly resources to the required topic.
Applies facts, principles or concepts learned from scholarly resources to a professional experience.
Application of information is comprehensive and specific to the required topic.
Presentation of information was minimally demonstrated in the all of the following elements:
Applies principles, knowledge and information from scholarly resources to the required topic.
Applies facts, principles or concepts learned from scholarly resources to a professional experience.
Application of information is comprehensive and specific to the required topic.
Presentation of information is unsatisfactory in one of the following elements:
Applies principles, knowledge and information from scholarly resources to the required topic.
Applies facts, principles or concepts learned from and scholarly resources to a professional experience.
Application of information is comprehensive and specific to the required topic.
Presentation of information is unsatisfactory in two of the following elements:
Applies principles, knowledge and information from scholarly resources to the required topic.
Applies facts, principles or concepts learned from scholarly resources to a professional experience.
Application of information is comprehensive and specific to the required topic.
Presentation of information is unsatisfactory in three of the following elements
Applies principles, knowledge and information and scholarly resources to the required topic.
Applies facts, principles or concepts learned scholarly resources to a professional experience.
Application of information is comprehensive and specific to the required topic.
10 Points
9 Points
6 Points
0 Points
Interactive Dialogue
Initial post should be a minimum of 300 words (references do not count toward word count)
The peer and instructor responses must be a minimum of 150 words each (references do not count toward word count)
Responses are substantive and relate to the topic.
Demonstrated all of the following:
Initial post must be a minimum of 300 words.
The peer and instructor responses must be a minimum of 150 words each.
Responses are substantive
Responses are related to the topic of discussion.
Demonstrated 3 of the following:
Initial post must be a minimum of 300 words.
The peer and instructor responses must be a minimum of 150 words each.
Responses are substantive
Responses are related to the topic of discussion.
Demonstrated 2 of the following:
Initial post must be a minimum of 300 words.
The peer and instructor responses must be a minimum of 150 words each.
Responses are substantive
Responses are related to the topic of discussion.
Demonstrated 1 or less of the following:
Initial post must be a minimum of 300 words.
The peer and instructor responses must be a minimum of 150 words each.
Responses are substantive
Responses are related to the topic of discussion.
8 Points
7 Points
6 Points
5 Points
4 Points
0 Points
Grammar, Syntax, APA
Points deducted for improper grammar, syntax and APA style of writing.
The source of information is the APA Manual 6th Edition
Error is defined to be a unique APA error. Same type of error is only counted as one error.
The following was present:
0-3 errors in APA format
AND
Responses have 0-3 grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors
AND
Writing style is generally clear, focused on topic,and facilitates communication.
The following was present:
4-6 errors in APA format.
AND/OR
Responses have 4-5 grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors
AND/OR
Writing style is somewhat focused on topic.
The following was present:
7-9 errors in APA format.
AND/OR
Responses have 6-7 grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors
AND/OR
Writing style is slightly focused on topic making discussion difficult to understand.
The following was present:
10- 12 errors in APA format
AND/OR
Responses have 8-9 grammatical, spelling and punctuation errors
AND/OR
Writing style is not focused on topic, making discussion difficult to understand.
The following was present:
13 – 15 errors in APA format
AND/OR
Responses have 8-10 grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors
AND/OR
Writing style is not focused on topic, making discussion difficult to understand.
AND/OR
The student continues to make repeated mistakes in any of the above areas after written correction by the instructor.
The following was present:
16 to greater errors in APA format.
AND/OR
Responses have more than 10 grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.
AND/OR
Writing style does not facilitate communication
0 Points Deducted
5 Points Lost
Participation
Requirements
Demonstrated the following:
Initial, peer, and faculty postings were made on 3 separate days
Failed to demonstrate the following:
Initial, peer, and faculty postings were made on 3 separate days
0 Points Lost
5 Points Lost
Due Date Requirements
Demonstrated all of the following:
The initial posting to the graded threaded discussion topic is posted within the course no later than Wednesday, 11:59 pm MT.
A minimum of one peer and one instructor responses are to be posted within the course no later than Sunday, 11:59 pm MT.
Demonstrates oneor less of the following.
The initial posting to the graded threaded discussion topic is posted within the course no later than Wednesday, 11:59 pm MT.
A minimum of one peer and one instructor responses are to be posted within the course no later than Sunday, 11:59 pm MT.
