How did a book on conservation in Madagascar that was published over a decade ago become another casualty of the sensationalized Jodi Arias trial?
The only way to reasonably challenge Alyce LaViolette is to keep the critique focused on what she has actually said and done. Dehumanizing and demonizing her does more to dehumanize those who engage in the attacks. I have recently been compelled to confront my own role in her public lynching.
They say if you're lucky enough to live on the beach, you're lucky enough. And I have to agree, living so close to the side of the sea that if I fell out of bed I'd drown.
One of the least discussed aspects of bullying and mobbing, and perhaps the most powerful and damaging, is the practice of shunning. Shunning is widel...
Interpersonal aggression is indeed a serious problem, and any form of aggression in our workplaces, schools and other organizations merits attention and remedies. But how we view the problem will shape how we address it.
In order to promote civil workplaces, we must extend compassion to our colleagues and co-workers, even when to do so is discomforting.
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.
The character assassination of Ms. Bialek which Mr. Cain has commenced demonstrates that anyone who speaks out against someone who has abused their authority or trust, will face similar attacks that go beyond mere credibility assessment.
Interpersonal aggression, exclusion, shunning and cruelty have no place in any organizational setting.
"Bullying" has in recent years become an industry in itself, launching careers and businesses in consulting, coaching, testing, and training. It is indeed a brand.
There are also some very disturbing elements to New Jersey's new anti-bullying law that may well empower bullies and legitimate new forms of exclusion and social aggression by way of dehumanizing people with labels.
One year ago this week, Omar Thornton, a delivery truck driver, methodically shot and killed eight of his co-workers, wounded several others, then killed himself. Was he bullied in the workplace, mobbed to the point of mass murder?
More than 3,000 teens kill themselves each year; 250,000 attempt suicide. More teenagers and young adults die of suicide than from cancer, heart dise...
The problems of bullying are everywhere, in every school, town, and city in America. If nothing changes, the consequences and mayhem will continue to traumatize the entire nation, again and again.
