Civility at Work

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• The Civility Deficit
  

  The Civility Deficit Threatens the Workplace ... uncivil behavior from their co-workers become less committed to the organization; and, 16% of those treated poorly on the job indicated they had left previous jobs due to a lack of civility at work 66 ... read more
• Online Monopoly + Liberal Orthodoxy = Tech Trouble
  

  Michael Moritz, who helped launch Apple, Google, and many other tech firms, described the self-righteous behavior he was seeing across Silicon ... Google: How Nonstop Political Arguments Rule Its Workplace” describes how endless politicization is as ... read more
• Winning-at-all-costs management style can lead to major issues down the road
  

  Teamwork and civility between co-workers are severely compromised which can lead to major issues down the road (remember ... as well as 196 employees in a number of organizations in the United States. Specifically, the team of researchers assessed ... read more
• Disabilities and the workplace workshop Oct. 3
  

  The workshop includes an in-depth review of applicable disability-related laws and reasonable accommodations in the workplace. The workshop will discuss relevant statistics, current trends as well as appropriate etiquette, language and behavior when ... read more
• Winning-at-all-costs in the workplace: Short-term gains could spell long-term disaster
  

  Teamwork and civility between co-workers are severely ... Enron meltdown and subprime mortgage crisis of 2008 as examples of workplace cultures where management and employees neglected ethics ... read more
• Miller: Applying martial arts philosophy to employment law
  

  Courts have determined that the law is not a “civility code” and workplaces ... Few harassment complaints come out of a workplace where everyone feels heard and respected. ... read more
• ELI, Inc. Announces New Civil Treatment® Initiative to Help Organizations Build More Inclusive, Productive and Compliant Workplaces
  

  An addition to its award-winning portfolio of offerings available through the company's pioneer Civil Treatment® series, this unique program enables organizations to operationalize workplace civility as ... understand how their behavior is linked to ... read more
• Jennifer Aniston Just Got Real About Turning 50—And Says Her Career Is About to “Bloom”
  

  I think we need to establish some etiquette around that dialogue and verbiage ... the ugly truths of how men have treated women in our society, particularly in the workplace all these years,” she tells @kerrybombe. “We sold it in the summer ... read more
• How to Weed Out Toxic Employees
  

  Echoing the extent to which toxic employees affect profit, research on civility at work indicates ... of how their behavior manifests, the result is the same: a workplace culture that’s charged ... read more
• NLRB May Reconsider Whether Profane Outbursts Are Protected
  

  "The NLRB is remarkably indifferent to the concerns and sensitivity [that] prompt many employers to adopt [civility rules]. Under both federal and state law, employers are subject to civil liability should they fail to maintain a workplace free of racial ... read more
• The Simplicity of Good vs. Bad Behavior
  

  Respect in the workplace may include ... Being ambitious at work or in your profession is another example of what can be construed as good behavior. If you come across as lazy or half-hearted ... read more
• Slack is changing the way we chat at work. Here’s an etiquette guide to help you survive a messaging-obsessed office.
  

  You can be more casual on Slack than over email, and chat platforms can even help you form friendships at work. Still, there are some things ... Better technology has made tracking employee behavior easier and (sometimes) more invasive — and companies ... read more