Workplace Violence – Staying Focused On What’s Important For Self Defense

In the realm of workplace violence and policy development, there is a problem that is both preventing companies and their employees from being safe, causing policy and procedures to miss the mark, and resulting in damage, financial loss, and even the loss of life. What I mean is that, managers and administrators focus most of [...]

Workplace Violence – 5 Types Of Attackers Your Workplace Violence Plan Must Account For!

When you think about workplace violence, what comes to mind? Because, the way you define anything – including workplace violence – limits how you will deal with that thing! In fact, when most managers, administrators, or business owners think about workplace violence and the types of people who commit these acts, they limit their definition [...]

Violence In The Workplace – 3 Factors Which Contribute To A Workplace Violence Act Of Aggression

If you are a human resources, risk management, or crisis management director concerned about workplace violence, let me ask you a question: Why do you think violent people lash out when and where they do? Have you ever thought about that? Have you ever wondered why the people who commit violent acts… Choose the victims [...]

Bullies in the Workplace

What is Workplace Bullying? In many ways, it is similar to playground bullying; except that as adults it should no longer be an issue. It is aggressive behavior that should be personally contained, but for some reason is not. Bullying involves more than one incident of aggressive negative behavior. It is a repeated pattern [...]

Company Priority: Domestic Violence in the Workplace

An employee’s character reflects huge aspects within a workplace.  The safety and smooth flow in the workplace would all usually depend on the behavior and attitude of the people working in it.  Without properly knowing who these people are working for you, you’re never guaranteed peace and harmony within it.  Before hiring anyone, a [...]

Domestic Violence Against Women as a Workplace Concern

Domestic violence against women would seem to be a private family problem, but it spills out into the workplace making it an economic problem as well.  Millions of women are verbally, physically, and sexually abused all over the world leading to countless injuries and sometimes even death.  This unfortunate and devastating personal problem has [...]

Recognizing Domestic Violence Victims in the Workplace

Countless women endure the physical, sexual and psychological abuse of domestic violence in their own homes from their partners. It is estimated that in the U.S. among women 18 and older, 5.3 million acts of domestic violence happen every year. The statistics are even higher internationally, and aside from the tragic personal implications, the [...]

Domestic Violence Facts: The Affect Of Domestic Violence On The Workplace

No woman should live in fear, uncertainty, or receive physical or mental abuse from another individual.Many women suffer the consequences of domestic violence and are at a loss as to what to do or where to go. They often hide signs of abuse from friends, family, and coworkers, and the situation worsens out of [...]

Workplace Violence – 8 Tips For Spotting Early Warning Signs

One of the greatest threats facing both employees and the companies they work for, is workplace violence. It has become the leading cause of death for women and the second leading for men, following closely behind motor vehicle accidents. In fact, the best estimates now being reported show that 1-in-4 employees will be the [...]

School and Workplace Violence

During the last years the problem of school violence has become the object of rapt attention. There are several reasons of this increasing interest to the problem. First and the main reason is the growing rate of school violence. The changing definition of the school violence has also become the subject of concern is. [...]

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