Roberta Jones Fighting On The Job

Situation 2 – Fighting on the Job
Situation 2 Background Roberta Jones has been an employee of Ted’s Financial Services Firm for six months. Ted’s is an accounting firm specializing in providing services for small businesses throughout the Central Valley in California. The company has been experiencing rapid growth over the last year and hired Roberta to fill the company’s need for a sixth certified public accountant that was willing to work second shift, 12 p.m. to 9 p.m. On July 2nd, 2015, Gerald Toner the account manager and Ted Viveneau the owner of the company left Ted’s office and observed Roberta verbally berating one of the administrative assistants. Roberta was utilizing unacceptable language that violated the company’s discrimination and harassment policy, including racial epithets. As Ted and Gerald ran to where the altercation was occurring, they witnessed Roberta hit the administrative assistant Pamela, with an open hand across her left cheek, leaving a red mark. Gerald and Ted separated the two individuals. Pamela requested that charges be pressed against Roberta. An internal

The company also submitted documentation that proved Roberta had undergone training at her orientation that explained the company’s employee handbook, and the organization’s policies on acceptable language in the workplace, zero tolerance policy on discrimination and harassment, as well as their violence in the workplace policies. Furthermore, Roberta had attended a two-day training on conflict resolution in May, 2015. The company was also able to present statements from several employees that Roberta had established a negative pattern of behavior in her interactions with Pamela. Repeatedly berating her and using derogatory and racially charged language with Pamela who is a