Tag Archive: Abusive behavior

Oct 27 2011

Best Practices: University of Utah’s Disruptive Behavior, Harassment and Violence Policy

By Shwan Javdan, The Daily Utah Chronicle A series of policies and regulations, particularly regarding violence and disruptive behavior in the academic environment, were documented and clarified in the Regulations Library. The primary modifications involved making certain policies coincide with Human Resource and U practices and procedures. “Every few years, policies have to be reviewed …

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May 12 2010

Fighting Workplace Violence

By Richard Cairney, OH&S Magazine When most people think of workplace hazards, images of industrial equipment, strained muscles or mishaps with a staple gun typically spring to mind. But government agencies and businesses are also paying increased attention to a hazard that is too often overlooked: workplace violence. A 2007 report from Statistics Canada found …

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Apr 27 2010

Safety on the Job Means Rejecting a ‘Business as Usual’ Philosophy

Press Release from Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario Elementary teachers join in the National Day of Mourning on April 28th to commemorate workers whose lives have been lost or who have been injured in the workplace and in the movement to increase safety on the job for all workers. Safety in the school workplace is …

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Feb 26 2010

When robust management becomes bullying

By Cary L. Cooper, CNN.com We have just heard this week about the allegations of bullying in the Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s office in the UK, which hit all the headlines and raised the issue of “what is bullying and how do you deal with it?” It is certainly the case that during recessions and …

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