Forum: Two ch3 ch4

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Confidentiality at the Workplace.
In recent years, developments in the field of organizational behavior have led to the progress of some of its more exceptional elements such as the work behavior of employees. This is established from various factors, chief amongst them being the employee’s personality. In an attempt at understanding an employee’s character, multiple parameters may be applied to establish a criterion. One of the most popular parameters is the use of an attitude survey, administered to employees through a question. Further, some have noted that amongst the factor, which may make or break an inquest of this nature is the confidentiality with which the exercise takes place. Ideally, the identities of all the parties to these tests must be treated with utmost secrecy (Sliter et al. 24). Not only must the status of the employees providing information be kept confidential, but also any allegations leveled by themselves, only until they have been empirically proven.
This begs the question of the potential advantages and misgivings of divulging this otherwise confidential information. One of the most glaring advantages of disclosing this information is that actual action can be taken faster in an attempt at remedying the situation for not only the comfort of the complaining employee but also to merely establish the truth. The latter is motivated by the belief that employees are not motivated to divulge exclusively accurate information …