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Cooperation, Conflict Resolution, and School Violence: A Systems Approach: It is a mistake to assume that causes of school violence reside only or primarily in the school. Child abuse and neglect, a culture of violence, economic and social injustice, and the easy availability of weapons, for example, contribute to the occurrence of violence but are largely not under school...; Tags: violence, conflict resolution; White papers
Economists Urge Managers to 'Pack Them In': Does where you sit in the office affect anything besides what gossip you hear? The always interesting Marginal Revolution blog, points today to a report that suggests in fact it does. According to the NY Times, the economists looked at Google's in-house prediction market. to try to find common...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Jessica Stillman, violence, Google Inc.; Blog posts 2008-01-07
When Bad Customer Service Leads the Elderly to Violence: Mona Shaw, a 75-year old woman fromÂ Manassas Virginia, received a three-month suspended sentence, was fined $345, and wasÂ issued a year-long restraining order for going at her local ComcastÂ payment centerÂ with a hammer. In August, she and her husband waited all day for a Comcast technician to come to their home and...; Tags: Product marketing, Customer relationship management (CRM), Lori Deschene, Comcast Corp., Manassas Virginia, customer service, violence; Blog posts 2007-10-19
Employers Fire Back at Law Making It a Felony to Ban Guns on Company Premises: Unlike legislation introduced in other states, the Florida and Wisconsin bills grant employers immunity from liability in lawsuits brought by anyone injured in a workplace shooting as long as they have made a good-faith effort to prevent violence in their workplace. To make sure they qualify for legal immunity, and...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Crain Communications Inc., violence, workplace, training; White papers 2006-01-30
Verbal and Physical Violence Towards Hospital - and Community-Based Physicians in the Negev: An Observational Study: Physicians are exposed to violence in hospitals and in the community. The objective of the research reported in this article is to characterize acts of verbal and physical violence towards hospital and community-based physicians. Verbal and/or physical violence against physicians is common in both the hospital and in community clinics....; Tags: BioMed Central, violence, physician, hospital, patient; White papers 2005-08-15

How Severely Does Violence Deter International Investment?: The relevance of political risk to international trade and investment remains a topic of continuing interest. However, summary measures of political risk, including country corruption, do not give consistent results. In this paper, we bring together two streams of literature to highlight the role of political risk. We find that...; Tags: Free trade, violence, World Trade Organization, developing country, investment, risk, terrorism; White papers 2005-05-01
Helping Children Cope With Violence: A School-Based Program That Works: Violence is one of the most significant public health issues. Between 20 percent and 50 percent of children in the United States are touched by violence, either as victims or, even more commonly, as witnesses. The emotional impact may be profound. Children exposed to violence frequently develop post-traumatic stress symptoms....; Tags: RAND Corp., violence, public health; White papers 2005-02-15
Religions for Conflict Resolution and Peace: Outbreaks of violence and conflict are often linked to access to resources and power, and by 2020 the number of deaths and injuries from war and violence will have overtaken the numbers of deaths caused by diseases such as malaria and measles. Norwegian Church Aid has extensive experience in conflict...; Tags: Violence, Conflict Resolution, Norwegian Church Aid, Communication Skills, Career; White papers 2005-01-26
Managing Anger And Violence In The Workplace: From the executive summary: ‘Risk for victimization varies by job type and setting. At greatest risk are those who work alone or in isolation, who work around cash or valuables, which work at night, or whose work requires interaction with people who are intoxicated or who already are known to...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, American City Business Journals Inc., violence, risk, workplace, job; White papers 2004-10-22
Suggestions for Improving Military: Civilian Domestic Violence Collaborations: Though separated from surrounding communities in many ways, military installations are not islands. Service members and their families regularly visit these surrounding communities and often live in them, rather than in the installations. Any domestic violence DV incident that occurs off installations is under the jurisdiction of local civilian authorities....; Tags: RAND Corp., collaboration; White papers 2004-03-23
Putting An End To Violence: Most organizations, fear for the safety of the employees as incidences of increased violence on the work- front have sprung up. The paper suggests important ways to recognize a volatile employee in an organization and provides five important tips for ensuring a safer workplace.; Tags: International Data Group, violence, workplace; White papers 2004-02-01
Healthcare Insurance Issues and Terrorism: Terrorism is generally defined as committing an intentional act of political violence to create an atmosphere of fear. Violence is used to make a political statement about a government or policy with which the terrorist disagrees. Terrorism can be international or domestic. How do insurance policies respond to the acts...; Tags: Homeland security, Financial Planning, Aon Consulting, terrorism, violence, insurance, risk management, health care; White papers 2003-11-10
Violence in the Workplace: The Realities and the Options: Lately, it seems, one cannot avoid hearing, seeing or reading about more incidents of aggression and hostility. Violence has infected the very tapestry of the lives. With frightening regularity, violence seems to have firmly anchored itself in workplaces and organizations across the nation. Combating violence is a three step process:...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, violence, workplace, job, women, training, team, security; White papers 2003-01-01
Rights and Responsibilities: Author premise that focusing on rights as the basis of conduct and policy is to create a society that is driven by advocacy, leading to a loss of community and reducing the motivation to work for the common good. Illustrating that Gandhi is best known for leading hundreds of millions...; Tags: Leadership, violence, motivation, leader; White papers 2003-01-01
AMDeC Center on Bioterrorism: The calculated use of unlawful violence or threat of unlawful violence to inculcate fear; intended to coerce or to intimidate governments or societies in the pursuit of goals that are generally political, religious, or ideological. Terrorist event can cause mass casualties and/or strike at the heart of America’s sense of...; Tags: Security Services Group, violence, bioterrorism, biomedical, industry, security; White papers 2003-01-01
Five Strategies And Structures For Reducing Workplace Violence: The following article provides a list, which brings together some traditional or seemingly obvious education-interventions. It also provides steps that illustrate organizational violence prevention, conflict resolution, and critical intervention. Some of these steps are clear Management policy, stress Management by wandering around, EAP presence: Visible and Confidential, employers rights etc....; Tags: Communication skills, Crain Communications Inc., stress management, conflict resolution, violence, strategy; White papers 2003-01-01
Going Postal and Beyond II: Now let's examine a composite profile of a potentially explosive and violence-prone personality. It covers individuals found at all levels of the organization or workplace -- from execs to front line employees. It's not restrictive by race or class. Perhaps a percentage of this group is particularly activated...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, HR.com, violence, workplace violence, workplace; White papers 2003-01-01
The Crisis Management Organizertm and Violence Management in Your Organisation: Tools and Resource Guide For Business and Government: Now, in the twenty first century, employers and human resource managers must realize that it is no longer business as usual, that it will never be business as usual, and, in fact, there is now a new cost to doing business in America—the cost of countering terrorism. Therefore, business owners...; Tags: crisis management, Human Resources, worker, violence, terrorism, training, tool; White papers 2003-01-01
Execs Taking Measures to Protect Against Violence: A fired employee these days finds himself or herself often not only out of a job, but also without retirement savings or much hope of landing new work. The problems have been worsened by the slack economy. A fired employee these days finds himself or herself often not only out...; Tags: HR Web Centre, Enron Corp., violence, exec, job; White papers 2002-10-21
Violence Prevention Techniques for Today's Overstressed Workplace: Emotional harassment, physical aggression, sabotage, vandalism, and theft are the most common "violent" acts that, combined with incidents of workplace homicide, cost companies approximately $35.4 billion in legal expenses, lost profits, and negative publicity annually. Regardless of your industry, warding off the precursors of workplace violence not only makes sound...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, HR Web Centre, workplace, workplace violence, harassment, violence, technique, industry; White papers 2002-06-05