Annotated Bibliography on Dress Code, Code of Conduct, Safety and Security, and Training Opportunities in the Workplace

This annotated bibliography provides insights into the importance of dress code, code of conduct, safety and security, and training opportunities in the workplace. It covers various research papers and their findings on these topics.

Running head: ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Annotated Bibliography
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

1ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
A. Dress Code
1. Krahnke, K., & Hoffman, L. (2016). The rise of religion and spirituality in the
workplace: Employees' rights and employers' accommodations. Journal of Behavioral and
Applied Management, 3(3), 1056.
The author of this paper is of the idea that a particular business organization has several
important regulations to uphold. Such regulations have been made essential to ensure the comfort
of the employees within their work place. In this regard, the dress code of the individual workers
have been brought in to question. It is usually encouraged that people leave their personal lives
out of their professional lives but religion is something that cannot be separated from an
individual. As a result, within a work place, people are encouraged to dress appropriately so that
they do not harm any of the religious sentiments of the other employees.
The advantage of this paper is that it has talked about the aspect of religion within the
work place. However, one of the limitation of this paper is that it encourages the workers to let
their religious aspects drive their professional life.
2. Gurung, R. A., Brickner, M., Leet, M., & Punke, E. (2018). Dressing “in code”: Clothing
rules, propriety, and perceptions. The Journal of social psychology, 158(5), 553-557.
In this research paper, the author has talked about the issue of hw women dress in the
work place. Even in the twenty first century where gender discrimination is widely being
frowned upon, there exists a problem in a business organization when women are found not to be
dressed appropriately as per the dress code policy of that firm. In this regard, the paper found out
that those women are found to be appropriate who dress in less revealing clothes.

2ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
The advantage of this paper is that the author has conducted a survey in order to
understand the issue of women dressing. Several participants were made to rate the women
according to their dressing sense. A major limitation of this paper however is that it has focused
only on the female gender while ignoring the importance of dress code for both the male and the
female gender.
3. Nayak, R., Padhye, R., & Wang, L. (2015). How to dress at work. In Management and
Leadership–A Guide for Clinical Professionals (pp. 241-255). Springer, Cham.
Through this paper, the authors have tried to show the importance of dressing and
maintaining dress code within the society and work place. They are of the opinion that it is the
manner of dressing that separates human beings from animals. In this sense, it is the way one
dresses and conducts oneself in the society which determines the level of success in that
individual’s life. The paper concluded that it is the requirement of a job that determines the
suitableness of the way a person dresses and therefore, heavily influences their decision.
The advantage of this research paper is that the authors tried to analyze all the different
factors that influence the choice of dressing of an employed person. However, a major limitation
of this paper is that it correlates the success of a person with the way that particular person
dresses. As a consequence, less emphasis is paid to the factor of intelligence.
B. Code of Conduct
4. Leipziger, D. (2017). The corporate responsibility code book. Routledge.
This article has focused on the importance of maintaining code of conduct on the part of
the managers of a business firm. It has been seen that in the contemporary world order, more
attention is being paid to the issue of corporate social responsibility. In this sense, the

3ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
management team of a particular business firm needs to maintain a code of conduct to ensure the
adherence to societal responsibility and satisfy all the stake holders.
The advantage of this paper is that it has looked at the issue of corporate social
responsibility in a clear and cohesive manner. The paper is quite lucid and well-coordinated.
However, a major limitation of this paper is that it does not look at the importance of the
maintenance of code of conduct on the part of the employees of the firm. The responsibility
needs to be shared by every stake holder.
5. Schmidt, B. J., MacWilliams, B. R., & Neal-Boylan, L. (2017). Becoming inclusive: a
code of conduct for inclusion and diversity. Journal of Professional Nursing, 33(2), 102-107.
The authors of this paper have emphasized on the need of code of conduct within a work
place. The code of conduct ensures the inclusivity of the employees within such a business
organization. In this paper, the authors have taken the example of nurses working in a hospital.
Since the nurses have to perform many responsible tasks, each of them would be held
accountable for the work done by them. The paper concludes that it is important for people to
maintain a strict code of conduct so that their work becomes easier and responsible.
The advantage of this paper is that it has provided a concise idea about the importance of
inclusivity within the employees of an organization. However, a major limitation of this paper is
that it overlooks the responsibility that lies with the supervisors who are the ones to formulate
such code of conduct in the first place.
6. Kaptein, M. (2017). The living code: Embedding ethics into the corporate DNA.
Routledge.

4ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
In the contemporary world, the corporate organizations are required to have a code of
conduct. Such a code ensures the proper and the effective functioning of the firm. In this sense, it
can be observed that the employees are required to adhere to such code of conduct during their
work process. If they are able to do so, in the words of the author, it would lead to a greater
productive level within the firm. Such code of conducts therefore, measure the success rate of the
managers.
The advantage of this research paper is that it has provided a clear idea about the
importance of code of conduct within a business firm. However, a major limitation of this paper
is that it has failed to understand that code of conducts are man-made in nature. Therefore, they
have the scope of being wrong.
C. Safety and security
7. Abbas, H., Orlandi, E., Khan, F. A., Popov, O., & Masood, A. (2017, June). Security,
Safety and Trust Management (SSTM ‘17). In 2017 IEEE 26th International Conference on
Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises (WETICE) (pp. 242-
243). IEEE.
The authors are of the opinion that stress is created as a direct result of the work pressure
that an employee has to undertake within his or her work place. Each employee have a particular
task to fulfill which only keeps on increasing as the organization grows in its scope. In this
regard, it can be seen that there is a need on the part of the management to provide the employees
with certain trust and security measures. The need is to ensure that the employees work in an
effective manner

5ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
The advantage of this paper is that it has focused on the issue of trust within a formal
organization. It means that employees should be provided with other benefits apart from their
salary. However, a major limitation of this paper is that it only emphasis on the factor of job
insecurity which leads to deficiency in turst. There are many other elements which leads to stress
within the employees.
8. Pescud, M., Teal, R., Shilton, T., Slevin, T., Ledger, M., Waterworth, P., & Rosenberg,
M. (2015). Employers’ views on the promotion of workplace health and wellbeing: a
qualitative study. BMC public health, 15(1), 642.
In this research paper, the authors looked at the issue of work place health benefits for the
employees. In this regard, the authors have advocated for the installation of certain work out
machines within the organization. This would help the employees to reduce their stress and be
happy. It was concluded that such benefits are required for maintaining the safety and security
measures within the organization.
The advantage of this paper is that it has focused on the various issues which might lead
to stress among the employees. In this sense, it can be seen that the paper provides a lucid
understanding of the need to reduce stress for the safety of the employees. However, a major
limitation of this paper is that it only takes in to consideration the region of Australia and its
working population.
9. Kriaa, S., Pietre-Cambacedes, L., Bouissou, M., & Halgand, Y. (2015). A survey of
approaches combining safety and security for industrial control systems. Reliability
engineering & system safety, 139, 156-178.

6ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
In this paper, the authors have looked in to the issue of the emergence of digital
technology in the field of industrialization. In the globalized world this is an expected alignment
which is necessitated by the rise of need of digital technology but this is not accepted by many
people of the society. They face a severe threat from the usage of such modern technology as
their productivity is getting hampered. The authors have used certain comparative analysis in the
literature review which looks in to how the platform of virtual media is harming the employees.
The advantage of this paper is that it has taken in to consideration the emergence of the
digital platforms in the working of the industrial sector. However, a major limitation of this
article is that it has viewed digital technology as a threat instead of seeing it as an important
safety and security measure.
D. Training Opportunities
10. Wardley, M. N., Flaxman, P. E., Willig, C., & Gillanders, D. (2016). ‘Feel the Feeling’:
Psychological practitioners’ experience of acceptance and commitment therapy well-being
training in the workplace. Journal of health psychology, 21(8), 1536-1547
In this research paper, the author has tried to understand the importance of training in a
formal organization. The authors are of the opinion that training constitute a psychological need
for the employees. It is needed by the workers so that they can understand how to behave in the
work place. An empirical study was performed in this research where it was concluded that
training aids in the development of the personal behavior of the employees.
The advantage of this research work is that it has provided a lucid and concise view about
the psychological aspect of training. Empirical data has been taken to provide validity to the

7ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
work. However, a major limitation of this paper is that it only focused on the psychological issue
of the employees and the need for training.
11. Phillips, B. N., Deiches, J., Morrison, B., Chan, F., & Bezyak, J. L. (2016). Disability
diversity training in the workplace: Systematic review and future directions. Journal of
occupational rehabilitation, 26(3), 264-275.
According to the author, in the modern contemporary world, every organization employs
people from a variety of back ground. This leads to the increase in the diversity of the people in
the work force. A problem, in the words of the author that may arise in this context is that the
employees belonging to different cultural background might face the difficulty of being
understood by each other. In this respect, the article concluded that there is a need on the part of
the managers of the firm to ensure a proper training program which would address such issues.
The advantage of this article is that the resources included in it were peer reviewed and
taken directly from the database. Thus, it provides validity to the research. However, a major
limitation of the research is that it focuses on the issue of diversity as a need for training.
12. Robertson, I. T., Cooper, C. L., Sarkar, M., & Curran, T. (2015). Resilience training in
the workplace from 2003 to 2014: A systematic review. Journal of Occupational and
Organizational Psychology, 88(3), 533-562.
The authors of this paper has tried to understand the factor of resilience training for the
employees who are employed in a work place. Often times it has been observed that in a work
place, the employees have to deal with many important things such as their mental health,
performance issues and the way they behave with the other people in the office. In this regard,

8ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
they are required to show calmness while dealing with such issues. In conclusion the article
opted for training for such employees.
The advantage of this article is that it drew its sources from various secondary literature
articles which ensures the reliability of the data collected. However, a major limitation of this
research paper is that the article only focuses on the component of the employees while leaving
out the managers from its scrutiny.

9ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
References:
Abbas, H., Orlandi, E., Khan, F. A., Popov, O., & Masood, A. (2017, June). Security, Safety and
Trust Management (SSTM ‘17). In 2017 IEEE 26th International Conference on
Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises (WETICE) (pp. 242-
243). IEEE.
Gurung, R. A., Brickner, M., Leet, M., & Punke, E. (2018). Dressing “in code”: Clothing rules,
propriety, and perceptions. The Journal of social psychology, 158(5), 553-557.
Kaptein, M. (2017). The living code: Embedding ethics into the corporate DNA. Routledge.
Krahnke, K., & Hoffman, L. (2016). The rise of religion and spirituality in the workplace:
Employees' rights and employers' accommodations. Journal of Behavioral and Applied
Management, 3(3), 1056.
Kriaa, S., Pietre-Cambacedes, L., Bouissou, M., & Halgand, Y. (2015). A survey of approaches
combining safety and security for industrial control systems. Reliability engineering &
system safety, 139, 156-178.
Leipziger, D. (2017). The corporate responsibility code book. Routledge.
Nayak, R., Padhye, R., & Wang, L. (2015). How to dress at work. In Management and
Leadership–A Guide for Clinical Professionals (pp. 241-255). Springer, Cham.
Pescud, M., Teal, R., Shilton, T., Slevin, T., Ledger, M., Waterworth, P., & Rosenberg, M.
(2015). Employers’ views on the promotion of workplace health and wellbeing: a
qualitative study. BMC public health, 15(1), 642.

10ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Phillips, B. N., Deiches, J., Morrison, B., Chan, F., & Bezyak, J. L. (2016). Disability diversity
training in the workplace: Systematic review and future directions. Journal of
occupational rehabilitation, 26(3), 264-275.
Robertson, I. T., Cooper, C. L., Sarkar, M., & Curran, T. (2015). Resilience training in the
workplace from 2003 to 2014: A systematic review. Journal of Occupational and
Organizational Psychology, 88(3), 533-562.
Schmidt, B. J., MacWilliams, B. R., & Neal-Boylan, L. (2017). Becoming inclusive: a code of
conduct for inclusion and diversity. Journal of Professional Nursing, 33(2), 102-107.
Wardley, M. N., Flaxman, P. E., Willig, C., & Gillanders, D. (2016). ‘Feel the Feeling’:
Psychological practitioners’ experience of acceptance and commitment therapy well-
being training in the workplace. Journal of health psychology, 21(8), 1536-1547.

11ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY