from 24 Hours News Service Think bullying is a uniquely adolescent problem? Think again. Disrespect at work is costing Canadian companies $20,000 per employee per year, says Erica Pinsky, a workplace bullying and harassment expert, who helps companies avoid these costs and eliminate disrespectful, power-based behaviours. “Workplace bullying is so prevalent that one out of [...]

By Dan Zak, MontereyHerald.com Every Sunday afternoon, football fans will be ejected from stadiums nationwide for doing things we expect them to do: acting drunk, verbally harassing the other team and its fans, pouring beer over someone’s head and calling him a “self-righteous Belichickian.” The National Football League released an official code of conduct for [...]

from MedicalNewsToday.com More than two-thirds of states have allocated funding to nursing education programs over the past five years in an effort to address a looming nationwide nursing shortage, Stateline.org reports. According to a 2004 report by the Health Resources and Services Administration, the U.S. is expected to have a shortage of one million nurses [...]

from HeraldSun.com.au WHAT happens to managers accused of workplace bullying will be the subject of research at the University of Adelaide. Psychology PhD student Moira Jenkins wants to study managers accused of bullying their workers to see how they are affected by the accusations. “Most organisations now have bullying and harassment policies and complaint processes [...]

By Diane Stafford, KansasCity.com What do some workers and a lit firecracker have in common? Both are ready to explode. Once a fuse is lit, it’s hard to stop the consequence. And that’s why Michael Tabman preaches taking care of the matches. In today’s economy, with downsizing companies, stagnant pay, shrinking 401(k)s, higher health-care costs [...]

from abc.net.au A deadly shooting at a Finnish school has raised questions about tougher policing of the internet, and whether the thrill of posting threatening videos encourages other potential killers. The gunman, student Matti Juhani Saari, posted menacing videos of himself on the web before killing 10 people. The 22-year-old also killed himself in the [...]