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Sometimes Doing the Right Thing Involves Risk

Harmonious Workplaces

Despite putting my own psychological safety at risk over Teams and physical safety at risk later meeting in person with an executive who refers to himself as “the devil” and a “scary dude” and who wields a pistol in the office, I feel I did the ethical thing: It prevented harm to others. It sought to make things better. Absolutely not!

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Fight Ageism, Fuel Growth with Inclusive Hiring & Retention

Harmonious Workplaces

They wanted practice experience with a substantial understanding of their clients’ industries — CHECK! This bias, predicated on age, undermines the principles of equity and diversity with potential ethical issues. Most older workers feel employers should do more to counteract ageism (AARP, 2021). References AARP. MarketWatch.

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Consultant Profile Series: Dane Sequeira

Tom Spencer

Consulting provided a good opportunity for me to apply my skills in research and development, but simultaneously get exposure to other industries and positions out there in the business world. Obviously 2021 is very different than years past, but can you describe what a typical day looks like at BCG? s in the corporate world.

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We May Not Have a Clear Path, But We Each Have One

Harmonious Workplaces

This group of Industrial-Organizational (I-O) Psychology practitioners took turns sharing how they found their way toward our aligned passions of how people think and behave in the workplace. I started working at the age of 16 in 1992 as an industrial cleaner on nights and weekends with my friend Mark.

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How to Build Organizational Commitment

Organizational Talent Consulting

The crisis-driven events of the past few years shook industry verticals around the world. Especially when the disconnect involves values that are people-oriented or ethical behavior. Is low organizational commitment a temporary aftershock or the new normal in the workplace? Ortega-Parra, & Ángel Sastre-Castillo, M.

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Company Culture: Are You Tolerating Toxicity?

Organizational Talent Consulting

A survey of 800 leaders and employees across 17 industries revealed the following reactions to a lack of civil treatment in the workplace: 48% decreased effort. Evaluate the ethical consequences of your decisions and create an open-door policy allowing employees to provide input where their voices and concerns can be heard. References.

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The Central versus Decentral Dilemma: How the HR Practitioner can Facilitate a “Center-Led” Solution

Kates Kesler

Covid-19 exposed which companies in an industry could change direction quickly and respond to new consumer, employee, regulatory, and supply demands, turning adversity into opportunity. Highly regulated industries typically have more centralized oversight functions. Today’s organizations need to move faster than ever before.

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