Why 40% of Workers Are Considering Quitting Their Jobs Soon? Have you heard about “The Great Resignation?” It is a term that describes the trend of the mass voluntary exit of employees from their employment obligations. The term was originally coined by Anthony Klotz, a management professor. Many believe that this trend of workers voluntarily […]
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Sexual assaults on college campuses persist and create problems that have been dealt with in varying degrees of success. It seems the problem is two-fold: (1) an environment on campus that does not treat sexual assault and rape as the important problem that it is, and (2) failing to enforce the ‘no means no’ standard
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What is the Best Way to Deal with Ethical Dilemmas? One of the problems in society right now is that we often do not consider the consequences of our actions until it’s too late: We’ve decided, and the outcomes were not what we had hoped for. We need to do a better job of thinking
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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. It’s important because attention to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has been increasing, although it’s
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Overcoming the Political Divide I have previously blogged about the results of a poll by Gallup released on June 24, 2021, that found nearly half of Americans believe the nation’s moral values are in poor condition, and a significantly higher percentage predict those standards are only going to get worse. But the Gallup survey also found
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What are the Motivations of Cancel Culture? According to Dictionary.com, “Cancel culture is the popular practice of withdrawing support for (canceling) public figures or companies after doing something offensive or deemed to be so by one group or another.” When someone has been “canceled,” it means they cease to exist to that person. There is
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Venting on Social Media The right to free speech is guaranteed in our Constitution. However, social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and others can limit, control, and censor speech. Federal law does not offer much recourse for social media users who object to whether and how these companies present a user’s content. It can
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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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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Recommendations for Students If I were still a teaching professor, at this time of year I would have been inundated with student requests for letters of recommendation. Alas, I retired 1 ½ years ago so this is one chore I no longer have to do. What’s more
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Don’t Forget To Take Care Of yourself, too Developing ways to take care of yourself can help prevent burnout. School counselors have their own ways of doing so and include supporting emotional wellness, fostering good relationships, maintaining physical health, and developing meaningful relationships outside of work. The following blog was written by Piper Mcintosh. You
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