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ement in massachusetts another powerful business lobby the associated industries of massachusetts opposes legal protections for bullying targets in the meantime labor unions and civil rights groups have been the leading sources of organizational support for the hwb it s not as if opponents of the hwb are promising to discipline or dismiss the aggressors in return for us dropping our support for legal reform to the contrary some are claiming that existing laws are sufficient to protect bullying targets which they know isn t true unless they re listening to lawyers who don t understand employment law others complain that legal protections against severe workplace bullying would serve as job killers by undermining productivity and the spirit of healthy competition but what s productive healthy and competitive about interpersonal abuse there are honest differences of opinion as to where the law should draw the line on legal claims for workplace bullying but shouldn t it be wrong to treat another human being so abusively as to destroy one s psyche and livelihood what will it take yup as we approach this labor day weekend the world of work and workers faces very serious challenges and the stakes are too important for us to throw in the towel somehow we must forge a more humane consensus about how people should be treated at work let s claim human dignity as our starting place for employee relations and go from there that embrace still leaves us to sort out the complicated questions of workplace laws policies and practices but at least it recognizes the essential humanity of labor after all it s hard to get the details right when the core values are absent my law review article human dignity and american employment law free download here contains a more detailed exposition on human dignity and the workplace ironically i was completing the final manuscript right at the time the economy was melting down in fall 2008 share this print opens in new window print share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on x opens in new window x email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading august 1982 next stop greenwich village august 28 2012 by david yamada in a note from your host career planning education and learning law and legal profession tags career planning education and learning law and legal profession 3 comments those even mildly into astrological signs may know that we cancerians are monstrously prone to nostalgia i fall squarely into that category as i can experience soggy remembrance over the sandwich i had for lunch yesterday this month i find myself particularly nostalgic over events of 30 years ago when i moved from hammond indiana to new york city to begin law school at new york university located in the heart of greenwich village this was a pretty big deal for me although i had benefited greatly from a semester abroad in england during college at valparaiso university i was far from worldly and had never been to new york city before applying to nyu other than a brief exploratory trip the summer before classes started i was moving to new york pretty much sight unseen within a few days of my arrival i would start classes in vanderbilt hall the main law school building on the southwest corner of washington square vanderbilt hall nyu school of law i was both excited and anxious about my move though i was delighted to be attending nyu a highly regarded law school with a strong commitment to supporting students who wanted to become public interest lawyers i was thoroughly intimidated by my remarkably accomplished classmates i had spent a year between college and law school living with my parents in indiana working as a stock clerk for an area drug store chain and writing articles for a weekly community newspaper by comparison when i heard about the fancy internships fellowships and jobs that many of my classmates had held i wondered if i was in way over my head my apprehensions were stoked by the words of an attorney friend of my parents back in indiana who told them that i would be eaten alive by the presumably cutthroat hyper competitive students at nyu fortunately he was dead wrong accomplished though they were my happiest surprise was how many friendly engaging and yes smart people i met at nyu in fact i made many friends in law school and hung out with a mutually supportive group who enjoyed each other s company and knew the importance of a study break or two or three much of that initial bonding occurred over meals in hayden hall the main law school residence hall for first year students with a marvelous location on washington square hayden hall dormitory i began law school with hopes of practicing as a public interest attorney and eventually pursuing a career in politics i did not anticipate that i would return to academia as a full time professor furthermore i had very little interest in the workplace issues that have so profoundly shaped my focus and worldview however even though my career path diverted somewhat from my original plans i am grateful for opportunities and support i received at nyu that have helped to open doors to where i am today i plan to write more extensively about my experiences in higher education someday but suffice it to say that nyu was the right place for me like most law schools the standard classroom instruction was overly centered on the study of appellate court decisions but nyu was and remains a leader in clinical and lawyering skills instruction and in my judgment its support for public interest legal endeavors has long been second to none in addition while nyu didn t free us from all the stresses and anxieties of the law school experience it was on balance a pretty neat place to be in addition to offering a rich array of student activities it gave us the village and new york city as our campus new york of the early to mid 80s was a grittier and in some ways more interesting town than its current shinier and more expensive incarnation if you could avoid getting mugged the cheap diners and chinese take out places serving hearty fare revival movie houses showing double features of classic films tickets to tony award winning plays for 20 and 4 nosebleed seats in madison square garden to watch the knicks all made manhattan a surprisingly student friendly kinda place washington square arch note thanks to wikipedia for the next stop greenwich village poster it s a great movie by the way photos are not contemporary i took them during a december 2010 visit to nyc share this print opens in new window print share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on x opens in new window x email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading follow your bliss parsing joseph campbell s famous advice august 27 2012 by david yamada in career planning education and learning lifespan issues work life balance tags career planning education and learning lifespan issues work life balance 7 comments i recently began delving into the works of joseph campbell 1904 87 whose writings and lectures on mythology faith traditions and the world s societies made him a singular authority on the human experience campbell first appeared on the radar screens of many people via a pbs series of televised interviews with bill moyers the power of myth that first aired in 1988 campbell s intellectual depth and breadth were remarkable his work mixed academic disciplines especially literature theology history anthropology and psychology in examining the stories and myths that create surprising commonalities among our different cultures even though he was a professor for many years at sarah lawrence college in new york he connected the dots in ways that few people residing in the silos of academe ever manage follow your bliss campbell s most famous advice repeated on many occasions was follow your bliss he suggested that following our bliss will lead us to the life paths that have been awaiting us when we reach this point opportunities and connections seem to materialize in the pbs series campbell replies to a moyers question about whether hidden hands guide and facilitate our work once we ve found our path all the time it is miraculous i even have a superstition that has grown on me as the result of invisible hands coming all the time namely that if you do follow your bliss you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while waiting for you and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living when you can see that you begin to meet people who are in the field of your bliss and they open doors to you getting real as an educator campbell s advice is music to my ears throughout my career as a law professor and lawyer i ve encouraged law students to discover and pursue their passions after all the most satisfied lawyers are those whose work engages them and i want my students to discover their true vocations and yet i realize that follow your bliss can disintegrate easily into the most banal forms of encouragement joseph campbell was not a superficial person but his signature line is tailor made for every soon to be forgotten commencement speech from junior high to graduate school furthermore let s acknowledge that many of us who might encourage others to follow their bliss are among those for whom that philosophy has more or less worked in the meantime there are other folks who have tried to follow campbell s advice and encountered frustration and disappointment despite their best efforts indeed one of the myths generated by an ever growing pile of self help books and seminars is that if you just work hard enough at it you can realize all your dreams campbell easily can be misread to suggest that and nowadays with the success of books such as the secret that message has devolved to suggest that if you simply wish for something to come true it will finally remember what psychologist abraham maslow said about how basic survival needs must be met before we re able to strive toward reaching our full human potential let s understand that for those who are struggling mightily just to put food on the table and to keep a roof over their heads these higher level aspirations may appear as far away as the moon still still nevertheless following one s bliss remains a worthy objective and philosophy whether for a young person just graduating from high school an adult recovering from a personal setback or a retiree who feels there is some unfinished good business before her this is what fills our lives with hope zest and maybe even joy right and if the idea of discovering and following one s path in life resonates with you perhaps you ll benefit by taking a deeper look at campbell s work but be advised that you have to be open to this stuff and on this point i speak from personal experience ten years ago i would ve unfairly dismissed campbell s observations about mythology legends and stories as a lot of babble but today i welcome his worldly insights i m especially appreciative that he brings these insights to the level of helping us understand our places on this planet this is no small gift for anyone who is trying to create a more meaningful life to learn more the power of myth pbs series featuring joseph campbell being interviewed by bill moyers is probably the best introduction to campbell and his work the joseph campbell foundation is an excellent source of information and offers free registration this extended bio of campbell is a nice complement to the pbs series hat tip to career coach and consultant terry del percio for urging me during the course of a facebook exchange to finally break open and watch the power of myth dvds that i had purchased months ago share this print opens in new window print share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on x opens in new window x email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading news reports shooter near empire state building was a laid off worker seeking revenge august 24 2012 by david yamada in workplace health and safety workplace violence tags workplace health and safety workplace violence 4 comments at least nine people have been wounded and two are dead following a shooting this morning near the empire state building in manhattan one of the dead is the gunman who was shot by police early news reports at least raised the spectre of terrorism one analyst even discussed the possibility that terrorists might stage a test run of sorts to see how law enforcement authorities would react to shootings in crowded midtown manhattan i suppose that in view of the memories of 9 11 seared onto new york s consciousness such speculation is natural but no for better or worse it apparently had nothing to do with terrorism the shooter was a 53 year old man who was laid off from his job and his target was his former boss here s a summary of news reports from jason sickles of yahoo news link here the shooting occurred at 9 03 a m et at fifth avenue and west 34th street the fatal incident was the act of a disgruntled former employee the gunman a 53 year old women s accessories designer named jeffrey johnson was fired from his job during a corporate downsizing at hazan imports and returned to his office friday morning to target his 41 year old boss the shooter followed his coworker down 33rd street and shot him outside of legend s bar according to the new york post it is unclear if he fired into a crowd of pedestrians outside of the empire state building or if pedestrians were caught in crossfire reported the new york daily news frightening sign of the times obviously we know way too little to make definitive assessments about what drove this man to do what he did however while conceding the likelihood of some pre existing mental instability or illness i m willing to suggest that what pushed him over the edge had something to do with the desperation fear and anger that can accompany losing one s job at middle age i m not making excuses for such a terrible act of violence only offering a possible explanation perhaps i m guilty of speculatively filling in the gaps but once i read some of these details i had a sinking feeling that this is a sign of sad and desperate times share this print opens in new window print share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on x opens in new window x email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading virginia auto shops join forces to support bullied teen august 23 2012 by david yamada in school bullying social responsibility tags school bullying social responsibility 1 comment we often think of a term such as social responsibility in highfalutin ways associating it with grand mission statements about corporate ethics community involvement and safeguarding 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