One in five companies offers some form of stress management program. Although such programs are available, many employees may choose not to participate. They may be reluctant to ask for help, especially if a major source of that stress is job insecurity. After all, there’s still a stigma associated with stress. Employees don’t want to be perceived as being unable to handle the demands of their job. Although they may need stress management now more than ever, few employees want to admit that they’re stressed. In a two- or three-page paper discuss what a supervisor can do about this paradox and whether organizations even have an ethical responsibility to help employees deal with stress. Source: based on D. Cole, “The Big Chill,”
US News & World Report, December 6, 2004, pp. EE2–EE5.