Donte Stallworth - did he save his career – can you?

June 19, 2:50 PMSF Workplace Issues ExaminerKristine Jaekel Wilfong

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Donte Stallworth stood up and took responsibility for his actions and has taken the consequences with grace. Had he not taken this approach the man could be spending a decade and a half behind bars for his actions that killed a pedestrian.

People make mistakes. They do horrible things that have tough consequences. How they handle themselves following an incident makes a difference in these situations. In the workplace, how you handle yourself after a mistake, wrongdoing, violation or other action with consequences can have an impact on what particular consequences and their severity you will receive.

More often than not, how an employee handles themselves is the major determining factor in what their consequences will be – often it’s not what they do that severs them from their workplace, but how they handle it.

Despite being counseled by their representative and/or told to be straight up by their employer, employees will try to downplay, lay blame on others, and even lie about an incident. Employers are willing to give a second chance for mistakes; however, they are likely to dismiss an employee for lying or not being forthright about the circumstances.

Human Resources and Labor Relations professionals can recount story after story of those who were fired, and those who saved their jobs by acting like Donte.

If you are up for discipline in your workplace – be sincere, be honest, fall on your sword, seek to make reparations, be like Donte…It could save your job!

However, as of today, it remains to be seen if Donte is actually going to save his job. The NFL has suspended him indefinitely…

There is a flip side to this viewpoint…Sean Crowe, the New England Patriots Examiner writes: “Donte Stallworth should never see an NFL field again.”

Where do you stand on this issue – Should Donte keep his job??? Does it make a difference that his actions did not occur on the job?

For more from Crowe:

http://www.examiner.com/x-1324-New-England-Patriots-Examiner~y2009m6d18-Roger-Goodell-should-end-Donte-Stallworths-NFL-career

More about Stallworth:

https://www.examiner.com/r-12188916~Donte__Stallworth_gets_a_month_in_jail_for_DUI_death.html