Some examples may help clarify just what advocacy is: 1  You join a group that helps build houses for the poor--that's wonderful, but it's not advocacy (it's a service). 2  You organize and agitate to get a proportion of apartments in a new development designated as low to moderate income housing-that's advocacy.
Modern managers also realize that effective employee discipline is more of a mindset than a physical action. By focusing on the needs of employees, and the human relations aspect of the management job, managers are able to foster the development of dedication in employees.
A hostile work environment is a type of sexual harassment in which unwanted conduct makes it impossible for an employee to perform his or her job. An example of a hostile work environment is a man who has to listen to his female co-workers talk about his body every day. In order for a work environment to be considered hostile, the conduct must be unwelcomed, based on the victim's membership in a protected class, severe, and pervasive.