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Workplace Bullying Not Stopped by Employee Satisfaction Programs

Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Tuesday, June 30th 2009 under Workplace bullying   
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By Ben Leichtling, BloggerNews.net Most people believe that happy employees are more productive, treat each other better and give better customer service. That’s not true. When human resource departments push employee satisfaction initiatives at work, too often they encourage the most selfish, negative and hostile employees to harass, bully and abuse coworkers and supervisors. Of [...]

How To Deal With A Bully Boss

Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Tuesday, June 30th 2009 under Workplace bullying   
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By Emily Baucum, OzarksFirst.com We’ve all had hard-to-please bosses, but what do you do when your boss’ behavior is abusive? A bully boss is not someone who is pushing you to do your best. It’s someone who is always right, always needs to win and makes personal attacks. It boils down to a power struggle. [...]

Workplace bullying: Top tips for tackling the problem

Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Monday, June 29th 2009 under Workplace violence   
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By Coreen Nugent, PersonnelToday.com Top tips for tackling workplace bullying Create a working environment where concerns can be raised without fear of reprisal: A genuine commitment from management that all workers should be treated with dignity and respect, implemented through up-to-date policies and relevant training. Promote responsible management practices: Ensure all workers have a clear [...]

Violence is not ‘part of the job’

Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Monday, June 29th 2009 under Healthcare violence   
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By Sajeeda Kuthdoos, Cherrie Gonzales & Christy Green, BCLocalNews.com Most people may not know that nurses rank second to only police officers and prison guards as victims of workplace violence. Though it is often tacitly accepted and regarded as a “part of the job,” violence against nurses in the workplace has become an issue that [...]

Active Shooters: Strategic Planning is Imperative

Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Friday, June 26th 2009 under School/Campus Violence   
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By Pete Eliadis, Officer.com Let us start with the known facts. Fact: the American populace has become accustomed to Active School Shooting incidents. Fact: whenever a tragic shooting occurs the media and the community are in awe that it occurred in their town. Fact: the results of an Active School Shooting are devastating to the [...]

Australian bosses bullied for making changes

Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Thursday, June 25th 2009 under Workplace bullying   
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By Emma Thelwell, NineMSN.com.au Disgruntled Australian workers are bullying their bosses as punishment for making changes to their work life, a new study has found. One in four managers have fallen victim to “upward bullying”, which often goes undetected and can seriously impact a company’s bottom line. Spreading gossip and rumours, withholding information and intentionally [...]

Bully for who?

Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Thursday, June 25th 2009 under Workplace bullying   
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By Lucinda Schmidt, BusinessDay.com.au On a Friday afternoon last November, a general manager at a city council was marched from his office and suspended for “serious and wilful” misconduct. He had no idea what he had done, or to whom. After a weekend of heart palpitations, a letter from his boss arrived on Monday, outlining [...]

Churches seeking shelter from sudden violence

Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Tuesday, June 23rd 2009 under Workplace violence   
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from azcentral.com One Sunday in March, a man strode down the aisle of the First Baptist Church in Maryville, Ill., pulled out a .45-caliber semiautomatic pistol and fired at the pastor. The Rev. Fred Winters deflected the first bullet with his Bible, sending bits of the New Testament into the air like confetti. But the [...]

Officers train for school shootings

Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Tuesday, June 23rd 2009 under School/Campus Violence   
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from wrdw.com It’s a situation no officer wants to face…but you have to be prepared for a school shooting. Complete chaos, noise, confusion, alarms, frightened faculty and children running and hiding, some unwilling to respond to your directions, but the whole time you’re expected to be on your toes. “Anybody that comes running out, we’re [...]

Guns on campus

Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Tuesday, June 23rd 2009 under School/Campus Violence   
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from TimesDaily.com College campuses are restricting activities of an advocacy group that wants to let students carry guns on campus. A freshman at the Community College of Allegheny County near Pittsburgh said a dean recently told her to stop distributing fliers for the group Students for Concealed Carry on Campus. The dean also told her [...]

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