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Staff Matters: How To Address Derogatory Comments Among Staff Members, Jodi Schafer Sphr, Shrm-Scp Mar 2024

Staff Matters: How To Address Derogatory Comments Among Staff Members, Jodi Schafer Sphr, Shrm-Scp

The Journal of the Michigan Dental Association

Addressing derogatory comments among staff members requires a systematic approach. Document the incident, meet individually with each employee, and assess their reactions. Responses may vary from denial to remorse. Tailor disciplinary action based on their accountability and alignment with office values. Consider potential legal ramifications and seek HR or legal guidance if needed. Regardless, swift action is essential to maintain a respectful workplace environment.


Compassion: It’S Needed Now More Than Ever, Michelle C. Dziurgot Dds Aug 2023

Compassion: It’S Needed Now More Than Ever, Michelle C. Dziurgot Dds

The Journal of the Michigan Dental Association

This editorial emphasizes the pressing need for compassion in a world of conflict and division. It underscores the importance of compassion in global crises, politics, family dynamics, and the dental profession. MDA Editor Michelle C. Dziurgot encourages unity and understanding, advocating for compassion as a vital force in bridging divides.


Staff Matters: When Employee Behaviors Create A Toxic Work Culture, Jodi Schafer Sphr, Shrm-Scp Feb 2023

Staff Matters: When Employee Behaviors Create A Toxic Work Culture, Jodi Schafer Sphr, Shrm-Scp

The Journal of the Michigan Dental Association

This column addresses the challenge of resolving conflicts between employees with clashing personalities and behaviors. It emphasizes the importance of raising awareness, clarifying behavior expectations, and outlining consequences for inappropriate conduct. If conflicts persist despite efforts to address them, termination may become necessary to preserve a healthy workplace environment.


A “Principled Resolution”: The Fulcrum For Bioethics Mediation, Nancy Neveloff Dubler Jul 2011

A “Principled Resolution”: The Fulcrum For Bioethics Mediation, Nancy Neveloff Dubler

Law and Contemporary Problems

The concept of a "principled resolution" is the foundation for bioethics mediation. Dubler presents the core bioethical principles that support the creation of principled resolutions as fulcrums for resolving disagreements in the healthcare setting. These disputes may arise among medical providers, between medical providers and patients, or among members of a patient's family and can be managed or resolved by bioethics mediation using the conceptual tool of a principled resolution.


Conflict Management Education In Medicine: Considerations For Curriculum Designers, Jeffery Kaufman May 2011

Conflict Management Education In Medicine: Considerations For Curriculum Designers, Jeffery Kaufman

Online Journal for Workforce Education and Development

It is important to address conflict in the medical field for a variety of reasons ranging from reducing turnover to increasing the quality of care received by patients. One way to assist with the management of medical conflict is by teaching resolution techniques to medical personnel. There is an opportunity for conflict management curriculum to address many of the issues facing physicians, administrators, staff and patients, however, it is also necessary for those developing that curriculum to understand the nature of the environment and appropriate conflict management tools to be used in that environment as part of the design process. …


Conflict In Health Care Organizations, Mary Etta C. Mills Jan 2002

Conflict In Health Care Organizations, Mary Etta C. Mills

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.


Confidential From General Counsel To Ceo:"I'M Fed Up, And We're Not Going To Take This Anymore!", Karl A. Slaikeu, Diane W. Slaikeu Jan 2002

Confidential From General Counsel To Ceo:"I'M Fed Up, And We're Not Going To Take This Anymore!", Karl A. Slaikeu, Diane W. Slaikeu

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.


A Culture Of Conflict: Lessons From Renegotiating Health Care, Leonard J. Marcus Jan 2002

A Culture Of Conflict: Lessons From Renegotiating Health Care, Leonard J. Marcus

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.