We spend more than half of our day at work. As such an important part of our life, it is essential that we feel safe there. Although ill-treatment is prohibited and a criminal offense, it still can occur in the organization. And if the leadership does not pay attention to it, it can spread and become a problem for both employees and the organization.
The goal of this thesis is to present the results of a survey inquiring about the frequency, reasons, consequences of ill-treatment, and the measures to stop it. The survey was carried out in the accounting department of a selected public undertaking. The paper is divided into two parts. The theoretical part includes the definitions of ill-treatment, its regulation in Slovenian law, different types of ill-treatment, and local and foreign good practices for preventing and eliminating it. In the second part, we used the survey to analyze the frequency of ill-treatment at work. We present the reasons and consequences of ill-treatment and how the accounting department lessens ill-treatment at the workplace. The goal of this thesis was to present the company’s management with suggestions for preventing and eliminating this problem.
The survey results showed that over one-third of participants from accounting experienced ill-treatment at the workplace. Those were all cases of psychological ill-treatment; there were no recorded cases of physical ill-treatment. The most common forms of ill-treatment were mocking and insulting. The suggested measures will help management improve the situation and ensure that in the future, no employees are subjected to ill-treatment at work.
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