Ethics

Running Head : ETHICS

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Abstract

Waiters of Hotel restaurant and bar are at a very high risk of acquiring several health diseases . They have the most dangerous job in the company and are continually exposed and victimized of the toxic smoke which could eventually cause their death . Secondhand smoke contains several toxic substances that waiters involuntarily inhale in the workplace Dangers like this must be given importance by the company and the government in to provide the workers their right to have healthy and safety

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Ethics

In a Hotel company , several positions or jobs are involved . Each position also requires different types of responsibilities . Jobs in a Hotel business , among others , includes drivers , bell boys receptionists , room cleaners , bar tenders , waiters , security personnel and chefs . Several risks are involved in the various aforementioned jobs . Risks may include , financial , safety and health . In to balance which among the several jobs in a Hotel company is more risky it should be determined which of the risks mentioned has the biggest probability of realization to the employees

It is observed in a Hotel business , one type of job is a constant victim of a health risk . It is not only a potential risk to such job but rather , it is affecting or victimizing the workers everyday . The victims are the bar and restaurant employees , particularly the waiters The risk or problem that they are exposed to is health problems from inhaling secondhand smokes of cigarettes . Hotel bar and restaurant are the particular place in the company where smokers and nonsmokers congregate . Workers of the particular place are the ones who will spend a lot of time dealing with this toxic smoke

Waiters who are exposed to secondhand smoke from costumers could acquire several deadly diseases which include lung cancer , nasal sinus cavity cancer , cervical cancer , breast cancer and bladder cancer . The United States Environment Protection Agency revealed that lung cancer causes 3 ,000 nonsmoker deaths every year because of exposure secondhand smoke (About , 2007 , n .p . The exposure to such type of smoke is the number two cause of lung cancer around the world (The Lung , n .d . Heart diseases from secondhand smoke are estimated to cause 35 ,000 to 62 ,000 deaths per year (About , 2007 , n .p . Heart diseases include coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis or the hardening of the arteries (About , 2007 , n .p . Exposure to secondhand smoke for just 30 minutes will harden the arteries of the unknowing victim (The Lung , n .d . It is also shown that the chances of a person exposed to secondhand smoke of having a heart attack is doubled (About , 2007 , n .p . Waiters of the restaurant and bar who breaths air contaminated with the toxic smoke are exposed to health risk in the same way with those smokers (About , 2007 n .p

The risks of dangers are very high to worker of hotel bars or restaurants who , for several hours and almost everyday are...