Bullying in the workplace is one of the most significant challenges facing companies today. According to the Waitt Institute for Violence Prevention nearly half (49%) of all workers in the United States have been a victim or witnessed abusive behavior towards an employee (www.workplacebullying.org). Bullying in the workplace is similar to childhood bullying‚ but workplace bullies often operate within established policies of their companies. They commit deliberate acts against employees or co-workers
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Abstract This study examined program completion and student motivation among students within one particular alternative education high school program. Exiting students of the program are expected to have done so within 65 days. Based on the most recent student exit date prior to this study‚ only 18 of 29 students successfully completed the program within 65 days. Surveys were given to determine the motivational levels of the students failing to exit within the expected timeframe. A low level
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Bullying in workplace happens due to some factors such as power and organizational culture. As powerful individual‚ one is able to manipulate the position he/she has to perform unlawful act. Asforth’s (1994) concept of “petty tyranny” specifically focuses on the inappropriate use of positional power by managers. That is‚ staff members and employees are seen as vulnerable‚ while those in positions of power or authority‚ such as managers are commonly identified as the more powerful perpetrators (Keashly
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Most high school students are teenagers. They are no longer children‚ but they still are not adults. Thus‚ they often want to wear latest fad clothes when they go to schools. However‚ I prefer the idea that they should be required to wear uniforms. First of all‚ uniform is one of the best features of each high school. Every country has its own national flag. Every football team has its own club emblem. Similarly‚ every high school has its own uniform. Uniform helps us to distinguish among schools
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Internet Bullying A freshman at Rutgers University‚ Tyler Clementi‚ posted a goodbye message on his Facebook page before he jumped to his death because of an Internet bullying incident. Tyler’s roommate‚ Dharun Ravi‚ and his friend‚ Molly Wei‚ secretly filmed Tyler during a "sexual encounter" in his dorm room and posted it live on the Internet. What the two thought was a harmless prank turned into something much more serious. According to ABC News‚ “Under New Jersey ’s invasion-of-privacy statutes
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Ties that Bind: Enhanced Social Awareness Development Through Interactions with Diverse Peers by Shirley R. Greene Mark Kamimura University of Michigan Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education Portland‚ Oregon‚ November 12-15‚ 2003 The work reported herein is supported under the National Institute for Student Achievement‚ Curriculum and Assessment program‚ agreement number R305T990402-00‚ CFDA/Subprogram No.:84.305T‚ as administered by the
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Introduction Walking through the school door‚ she feels the sweat dripping down the side of her cheeks. Her stomach flips and flops‚ and her hands have an obvious tremble. The slamming lockers and running footsteps are enough to make her eyes swell with tears. The snickers behind her are all too familiar‚ but she is not prepared for the shove to the back and degrading names that follow. In a split second‚ her mind is made up. She turns around‚ heads out the door‚ and doesn’t look back
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All Airline Pilots should be Armed Abstract The issue of pilots carrying weapons‚ while flying‚ is not new. Since the earliest days of pilots flying the U.S. Mail‚ they carried guns to protect themselves and the vital cargo of mail. Today‚ pilots are authorized to fly with weapons to protect the aircraft‚ their passengers‚ and themselves from hijackers and terrorists. It has become a last line of defense in case of a hostile takeover of the aircraft‚ turning it into a weapon of mass destruction
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companies have that same desire‚ and they use this mindset to put themselves on top of all other businesses. So why can’t both groups fulfill this desire together? By allowing these corporations to provide sponsorships for schools‚ they are able to do exactly that. Schools should continue to use corporate sponsorships on account of the benefits it provides the school. Keeping schools “up to date” and equipped with all the new technology requires a lot of money that is not always in the school’s budget
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Cyber-bullying Cyber-bullying is the use of the Internet‚ cell phones‚ or other electronic communication devices to spread harmful or embarrassing information about another person. With kids using electronic technology and communication tools such as social media‚ text messages‚ chats‚ and websites a new form of bullying begins. Some root causes of this social injustice would be the internet as it gives kids an online version of teasing that commonly exists in schools along with the potential
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