Obedience

Mobbing in the Workplace: Even the Good Go Bad

Janice Harper | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Mobbing, Stanford Prison Experiments, Obedience, Bullying, Conformity, Workplace Bullying, Business News
Janice Harper

Mobbing is widely understood in Europe as a form of collective aggression that profoundly impacts a targeted worker's health and productivity, but less known in the U.S. where "bullying" is a more common explanation for interpersonal workplace aggression.

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The Relationship Between Corporations and God

Eric Maisel, Ph.D. | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Religious Right, God, Civil Disobedience, Corporations, Obedience, Culture News
Eric Maisel, Ph.D.

Why do impoverished working class members of the religious right love a corporate America that scorns them and exploits them? The following parable may help explain a state of affairs that is otherwise inexplicable.

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From Rwanda to Libya: Who's Calling Whom a Cockroach Now?

Steven Hassan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cult Expert, Genocide, Civil Disobedience, Gaddafi, Brainwashing, Libya, Obedience, Social Influence, Reconciliation, Rwanda, Mind Control, Conformity, Politics News
Steven Hassan

"Cockroaches" the very term used by radio hosts to dehumanize Tutsi in Rwanda on the cusp of the hundred-day slaughter in 1994. How could people turn on their friends and neighbors, and murder them?

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A Reality (and Sanity) Check for Progressives- Speech to Petaluma Progressive Festival

Cynthia Boaz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Cynthia Boaz

Transcript of my comments to the annual Progressive Festival in Petaluma, CA, September 26, 2010: First of all, thank you to the organizers of this e...

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Obedience: The Lesson of Eichmann

Michael Kaplan | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Jews, Morality, Authoritarianism, Nazis, Accountability, Obedience, Healthy Living News
Michael Kaplan

Most of us don't have the talents or knowledge to make much of a dent in this world; the tempting vice for the unexceptional majority is conformity.

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Experts Say Dominance-Based Dog Training Techniques Made Popular by Television Shows Can Contribute to Dog Bites

Sophia Yin | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Dog Bites, Monks of New Skete, Meghan Herron, Cesar Millan, Dog Dominance, Dog Aggression, Obedience, Dog Whisperer, Dog Training, Healthy Living News
Sophia Yin

The study demonstrated that many confrontational training methods do little to correct improper behavior and can elicit aggressive responses.

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