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cynthia gonzalez is quoted as saying in the paper at least three marijuana dispensaries stated publicly they would stop selling treatwell products it s a story for our times incivility race smartphones social media legalized pot and job loss from an employment standpoint the lesson is an easy if unsettling one anything we do these days can be caught on a smartphone camera if the behavior reflects negatively on us and the video goes viral it can affect our employment status most american workers today are employed on an at will basis which means they can be terminated for any reason that does not violate existing employment laws video footage from an incident outside of work that causes negative publicity for the company can be among the legally valid reasons to fire an at will employee i don t know the specific nature of allison ettel s employment status with her now former company but her demise was swift as far as the racial aspect goes i won t assume how race impacted ms ettel s actions but in these hyper charged times racial optics matter and sharpen quickly when they go viral online that can be all that counts this just looks bad the marijuana angle adds a humorous twist believe it or not i ve never even tried pot i m a pretty straight laced geeky guy but how many of you were thinking that ms ettel might ve benefited from a toke or two before getting so worked up over a young kid trying to earn some money by selling bottled water on the street 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 is incivility a just response to cruelty june 21 2018 by david yamada in power abuse in society workplace incivility tags power abuse in society workplace incivility 9 comments is it right to disrupt a prominent public official s otherwise quiet dinner at a restaurant even if she is the co architect of a governmental policy that many claim is cruel and immoral it s not a hypothetical question as the recent experience of u s homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen illustrates devra first writes for the boston globe on tuesday night homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen was heckled by protesters as she ate dinner at mxdc cocina mexicana in d c shame shame they shouted repeatedly end family separation if kids don t eat in peace you don t eat in peace what they were referring to of course was the trump administration s policy of separating children from their parents at the border nielsen as a globe editorial recently said was the face of that policy and here she was at a mexican restaurant albeit one run by todd english chef de cuisine juan jc pavlovich is a native of mexico the protesters were political activists who oppose the trump administration s immigration policies here s the video of their interruption of secretary nielsen s dinner posted to facebook widespread bipartisan criticism and outrage including an unusual and strong opinion piece by former first lady laura bush in the washington post calling the trump policy cruel and immoral have forced the trump administration to call a halt to its child separation policy however this comes too late for a few thousand kids and their families already separated to its great shame the administration never bothered to put in place a logistical plan to reunite these families so these poor people are still in limbo and for now the kids will remain in various camps cages and buildings most of which were never designed for child care child psychology experts have likened the administration s policy to child abuse and opined that many of the kids will live with the resulting psychological trauma for years and what of dinner interruptus devra first quoted above is not a political writer she s the globe s food and restaurant critic however she sees the significance of protest in places where we normally gather to enjoy food and drink restaurants are where we set aside our differences and come together at the table yet or perhaps thus such venues are also ideal theaters for protest it is easy to see that black men are the ones who get the cops called on them while waiting for friends at starbucks it is easy to see that same sex couples are the ones to whom bakeries refuse to sell wedding cakes those who work in the food industry are uniquely positioned and uniquely entitled to advocate for immigrants after all their businesses depend on the people trump says threaten to infest this country how one sees the administration s immigration policies as either a significant moral outrage or an instance of politics policy on the edge may well predict how one feels about protesters loudly interrupting secretary nielsen s gourmet mexican dinner in normal instances i strongly prefer civility over incivility but i don t regard this as a normal disagreement over public policy i see it as a cruel and willful disregard of basic human dignity that already constitutes a shameful chapter in american history nielsen s burdens in searching out a peaceful dinner venue are minor compared to the trauma being inflicted on these children and their families by the policies she has spearheaded is it bad form to remind her of this while she carries on as if nothing was wrong 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 in praise of thoughtful dissenters june 20 2018 by david yamada in academic workplaces freedom of speech leadership notable books politics tags academic workplaces freedom of speech leadership notable books politics 3 comments image courtesy of quote fancy com in a 1954 broadcast critical of red baiting u s senator joseph mccarthy celebrated journalist edward r murrow urged upon his listeners that we must not confuse dissent with disloyalty given today s often poisonous political and social atmosphere buttressed by bad leaders fueling these dynamics murrow s words continue to ring very true and if you re looking for some contemporary commentary about the importance of dissent in our institutions workplaces and civic life then i m pleased to recommend a new title by social psychologist charlan nemeth uc berkeley in defense of troublemakers the power of dissent in life and business 2018 in her book dr nemeth poses a challenge to leaders and institutions that drive us toward consensus without leaving room for thoughtful dissent and questioning here s a description drawn from her website good decision making requires divergent thinking an unbiased search for information on all sides of the issue a consideration of multiple alternatives the weighing of the cons as well as the pros of any given position etc regardless of good intentions or even education and training we don t do this we are subject to biases and most social processes conspire to narrow the range of considerations consensus and the seeking of it are culprits not because we follow the consensus right or wrong but because we think about the issue from that perspective by contrast dissent opens the mind and actually stimulates divergent thinking it not only challenges and breaks the hold of the majority it stimulates the information search and consideration of alternatives it widens the strategies used in problem solving and increases the originality of thought this is true even when the dissenter is wrong it is true even when we vigorously dislike the dissenter and her ideas the take home of this book is two fold there are perils in consensus and there is value in dissent okay i hear you isn t reaching consensus a good thing don t we all want to get to yes to paraphrase the title of a popular conflict resolution book obviously decisions have to be made for in their absence things can grind to a halt nemeth is not advocating for such outcomes or calling for people to be knee jerk naysayers instead she s saying that when decisions result from weighing differences of opinion the outcomes are often better there are lessons in this book for everyone for example when i m in leadership roles or in the classroom i can be welcoming of differing points of view however when i feel very strongly that i m right i can get impatient especially when i perceive that other comments are not well reasoned nemeth understands that dissenting opinions even ultimately erroneous ones can slow down the process but she urges their importance nevertheless believe me i ve been in academic workplaces long enough to see the damage wrought by marginalizing and even squelching dissenting voices organizations that do not encourage genuine input often pay for their insularity sadly their leaders rarely comprehend or admit those costs instead preferring to bumble along with a top down approach inclusive leadership bolstered by the confidence to encourage thoughtful dissent is the better way to go 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 ruminating problem solving and coping in the midst of work abuse june 17 2018 by david yamada in experience of work power abuse in society psychology and work work life balance workplace bullying mobbing and abuse tags experience of work power abuse in society psychology and work work life balance workplace bullying 3 comments in an article recently published in the journal of occupational health psychology abstract here researchers abbas firoozabadi sjir uitdewilligen and fred r h zijlstra pose their key question in the title should you switch off or stay engaged the consequences of thinking about work on the trajectory of psychological well being over time basically they wanted to explore how taking our jobs home with us affects psychological well being especially when it comes to how we deal with work related problems their focus was the distinction between ruminating in this context repeatedly thinking about the negative emotional aspects of a work experience vs problem solving analyzing potential responses and solutions as some readers can already see this study has significant implications for those experiencing forms of bullying mobbing and harassment at work study details and findings as explained in the article abstract the study was conducted with 123 participants with full time and primarily mentally demanding jobs using the following methodology we conducted a 3 wave longitudinal study with a time lag of 6 months between each wave at the first measurement moment participants filled out a survey over 5 consecutive working days assessing work related affective rumination and problem solving pondering during evenings exhaustion and health complaints were assessed at the first measurement moment as well as after 6 and 12 months the researchers found the results showed that affective rumination is a significant predictor of increase in exhaustion over time problem solving pondering was not found to be a significant predictor of change in psychological well being over time these findings demonstrate that work related rumination during evenings may lead to health problems over time depending on the type of rumination it suggests that unlike affective rumination problem solving pondering during evenings has no influence on psychological well being over time bottom line slightly boiled down ruminating about work challenges will likely have negative health effects while thinking about work challenges in problem solving mode is a typically a break even proposition in terms of health applied to workplace bullying mobbing and harassment over the past 20 years i ve heard or read hundreds of stories about severe work abuse i ve concluded that for targeted individuals ruminating over these terrible experiences is one of the most common and debilitating thought patterns it is a form of ongoing re traumatization researchers firoozabadi uitdewilligen and zijlstra were not specifically studying the psychological health effects of bullying related behaviors but their research has significant implications for those who are experiencing work abuse their study results dovetail with what many have observed or experienced ruminating about workplace mistreatment can create and exacerbate health problems while operating in problem solving mode is less likely to have such impacts in fact the latter may even improve psychological well being by injecting needed doses of hope and empowerment if one could easily flip the switch from rumination to problem solving well then a lot of problems would be solved right however in many cases of work abuse it s more complicated than that especially when psychological trauma enters the picture all too often trauma and rumination go hand in hand targets of work abuse often ruminate about what happened and how it has affected them it s harder for them to shift the focus toward potential responses and solutions this may very well be a neurological effect not necessarily a personality trait as research has found traumatic experiences can cause the side of the brain governing emotions the so called right side to go into hyper active mode while the side of the brain governing logic communication and decision making the so called left side shuts down as i ve written before this understanding helps to explain why many targets of work abuse ruminate about the experience of that abuse and its effects on their emotions while finding it difficult to develop an ordered narrative of relevant events and engage in problem solving as a side note i ll offer some unscientific indirect evidence of this dynamic drawn from writing this blog since 2008 blog posts on workplace bullying that validate the experiences of being abused at work tend to attract a lot more search engine hits and facebook likes than those that are problem solving or solution oriented in nature the ruins of rumination and potential coping responses in a 2010 psychology today blog post dr edward selby provides a useful primer on rumination and its effects rumination refers to the tendency to repetitively think about the causes situational factors and consequences of one s negative emotional experience nolen hoeksema 1991 basically rumination means that you continuously think about the various aspects of situations that are upsetting what s so bad about rumination though it s all about problem solving right while it s true that problem solving and planning are essential to overcoming a difficult problem people who ruminate tend to take these activities too far and for too long sometimes people will ruminate about the problem so much so that they never even develop a solution to the problem the research is...