Harmful Effects of Bullying: A Perspective on Protected Groups Last Tuesday, I blogged about how to combat bullying, the first of a two-part blog on this important issue affecting society. In today’s blog, I look at bullying against various groups of people, including tweens, students with disabilities, students of color, and students who identify as […]
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Student Depression and Even Suicide May Hang in the Balance I have previously blogged about various kinds of bullying, including in-person, on social media, and in the workplace. Bullying can have significant negative effects on those bullied, such as causing depression and even suicide. This is an important topic in society today, so I’m writing
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What Does it Mean in Today’s Society to “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you?” I’m a big believer in following the Golden Rule as a standard for ethical behavior. After all, how can anyone argue that the concept, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you,” is
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How to Judge Justice and Fairness in Life Many people conflate the idea of equality with equity, but there are distinct differences. The purpose of this blog is to explain these two concepts and why they should be kept separate. The key to distinguishing between the two is to understand how they are implemented. Equality
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Empathy and the Cancel Culture The cancel culture seeks to marginalize someone with whom a person or group disagrees. The motivation to do so is that they have an unwelcome point of view, even a dangerous one. They make offensive comments or engage in objectionable actions. As I have blogged about before, the goal of
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Schools are Changing the Names of Their Buildings to Placate the Cancel Culture My blog last Monday addressed the benefits and harms of the cancel culture that seeks to embarrass a person or group for their offensive comments or actions. Today, I look out when it is (or should be) culturally acceptable to change the
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Kindness Breeds Civility We’ve heard it many times before. This person is kind. But what do we mean by kindness, and how can we tell if someone is kind? What are the characteristic traits of behavior? Kindness is generally thought of as the quality of being friendly, considerate, and generous. A kind person considers the
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It’s Time to Allow Employees to Participate More Fully in Stock Ownership The disconnect between Wall Street and what we now call the “woke” culture is startling. During the week ended June 5, the stock market rose 1,985 points or about 20% on the Dow, the highest increase in value for some time. During the
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How to Practice Practical Compassion I wrote a blog this past April on compassion and empathy. Lately, I’ve been reading a lot about mindfulness. Today, I explain the link between these two qualitative characteristics of behavior and mindfulness. What is Compassion? Compassion has been defined in many ways. Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary defines it as “sympathetic
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Regaining Civility in Society I have previously blogged about the decline of civility in society and rampant unethical behavior that has created conflicts everywhere we look. It seems we no longer know how to disagree with each other without being disagreeable. In short, we have lost our moral compass. One way to regain a sense
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