September 28th, 2009
Taking Aim at Workplace Disputes
By DOUGLAS S. MALAN, Connecticut Law Tribune, Sept. 28, 2009
Lawyers say Yale murder highlights need for training, policies (about physical workplace violence) with a nod to understanding possible underlying work environment issues. Read the original article.
Tags: Annie Le murder, litigation, violence, Yale
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Oh go live it for awhile! There is risk management and there is entertainment. Yeah everybody pays lip service to the legal requirements but the fact is that management loves the entertainment when employees have problems with each other. Takes the heat off them and provides entertainment. Unions, regardless of their structure, have gotten too cozy with management and forgotten how it really is on the workroom floor – why all the hate towards unions. Unions do a lot of stupid and crappy things but discussion and education can make some of those things forgivable – but the pain caused by having to work in an abusive environment, day after day after day, year after year after year and no help from the union, or even worse, usually the union harms the victim even further – if nothing else with false promises that they have no intention of fulfilling. There is no forgiveness when you lose your career, your health, or your family life due to the stress. It is not forgivable unions! Hear me for once!
That said, I personally have not seen enough of this case to determine that it is bullying so I have to trust the statements of the professionals and reporters. Once again, HEAR ME PLEASE! All the training, policies and procedures will not stop physical violence until you deal effectively with the underlying emotional violence, including management and lateral workers that enjoy live entertainment at the expense of workers. One is too much! What happened to “An injustice to one is an injustice to all” ???
Powerful and NEW point, Leslie. Not only does intimidating others make the bully feel good (there’s even some neuroscience research about this), it can be fun for others to watch. Bloodsport, gladiator stuff, you know, reality TV. Entertainment from watching others be humiliated. If you don’t cringe at hurtful things done in the name of reality games on TV, you’ve crossed over into an entertained voyeur. Sadly, that is the modern version of escapism — not into a good book but into seeing others shamed and then “eliminated.” But work should not mirror “Survivor” or “Big Brother.” G. Namie