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.
Over the years, the concept of employee discipline has grown. Managers realize that discipline is a part of the job. They also realize that there must be disciplinary action within an organization to maintain some sense of control. In today's workplace, discipline and documentation go hand in hand.
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.