This document outlines inappropriate workplace behaviors such as complimenting appearances, using gendered language, swearing, gossiping, harassment, violence, discrimination, and bullying. It recommends steps to deal with such behaviors, including talking to the employee, providing additional training, implementing progressive discipline like verbal warnings, suspensions, and termination if needed, and rewarding good behavior. The document cites several sources for its information on inappropriate workplace conduct.

1. Inappropriate Work
Place Behaviors
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By: Cierra Heatherly

2. General Behaviors
Complimenting a
coworker’s
appearance
Using gendered
language
Asking about religious
beliefs
Swearing in public

3. General Behaviors
Continued
Having uncontrollable
mood swings in front of a
group
Displaying “nasty”
degrading behavior
Dressing inappropriately or
against the work place
handbook
Engaging in gossip

4. Harassment In A
Workplace
Harassment is taken
seriously in work
places.
If you use offensive,
belittling, or threatening
behavior toward
someone or a group,
you are harassing.

5. Work Place Violence
Violence in the work
place is not tolerated
anywhere.
Most work place
violence comes
about by alcohol or
others substances.

6. Discrimination
 You see discrimination in your
every day life whether it be school
or work.
 Discrimination can be indirect or
direct.
-Direct discrimination: when
someone treats
someone unfavorably because of
their
characteristics
- Indirect discrimination: when
someone
disadvantages someone in the
work place

7. Bullying is repeated abusive
or offensive behavior by a
person or group to another
person or group.
Bullying can involve
inappropriate physical
behavior.
Bullying

8. Steps To Deal With These
Behaviors
Step 1: Sit down and talk
Step 2: Give them
additional training to help
the employee work on
interpersonal skills

9. Continued Steps
Step 3: Progressive discipline
- Verbal Reprimand (explanation
of the issue)
- Written Reprimand (warning)
- Suspension (with or without
pay)
-Termination (Firing the
employee)
Step 4: Rewarding good behavior

10. Works Cited
 http://www.epspros.com/NewsResources/Newslette
rs?find=13627
 http://maps.finance.gov.au/employee_pages/ohs/In
appropriate_Behaviour.html
 http://www.xeniumhr.com/hr-resources/hr-articles/
inappropriate-behaviors-in-the-workplace
 http://www.safeathopkins.org/recognize/continuum_
disruptive_behavior/inappropriate_behavior/
 http://www.businessinsider.com/inappropriate-workplace-
behaviors-2014-8