Bullying, Introverts, And Stereotypes: 11 Persistent Signs Of Toxic Work Environments | China’s Belt and Road Initiative will keep testing the West | If Unilever truly wants 'a world with more joy', why is it filling Putin's war chest? | Catherine Bennett

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You Might Like � � � You Might Like � � � � � � � � � Don't like ads? Go ad-free with TradeBriefs Premium Bullying, Introverts, And Stereotypes: 11 Persistent Signs Of Toxic Work Environments - Forbes    Workplace bullying has been dubbed a silent epidemic and is a public health threat affecting over 79 ... [+] million employees in the United States. Psychological abuse is four times more prevalent in the workplace than sexual harassment alone. Related, workplace stress is the fifth leading cause of death in the United States. Workplace bullying has been dubbed a silent epidemic and is a public health threat affecting over 79 million employees in the United States. Deb Falzoi is the founder of Dignity Together and co-founder of End Workplace Abuse. She describes how, in toxic work environments, employers prioritize fear of organizational liability over human well-being. “Instead of addressing psychological abuse, toxic employers willfully ignore it because they believe acknowledging it opens the door to liability. So they mislead the reporting employee to believe there’s a complaint process in place but do nothing to address the situation,” defines Falzoi. The result is employee exploitation and a lack of employer accountability. Continued here China's Belt and Road Initiative will keep testing the West - The Economist    TEN YEARS ago this week China’s leader, Xi Jinping, began laying the tarmac for what would become his signature foreign policy. He began with vague suggestions of reviving the Silk Road, an ancient network of trade routes linking China with Central Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Europe. When the plan was given an official name—“One Belt, One Road”—it suggested that China was putting itself back at the centre of the world. Later it would be softened, for the benefit of foreign audiences, to the “Belt and Road Initiative”, or BRI. Mr Xi modestly hailed it as the “project of the century”. But time has also exposed the BRI’s flaws and China’s self-interest. A number of recipient countries have struggled with debt repayments. As we report this week, China is now adjusting the project, seeking better returns and changing an economic plan into a normative one (see China section). Even as it pours less concrete, it is posing a greater challenge to the West. The BRI’s troubles are no secret. For years Chinese banks used dodgy criteria to lend to dirty regimes. Unsurprisingly, many of the infrastructure projects the banks financed have not succeeded. Some have become white elephants; others have been abandoned. Burdened with debts (not all from BRI projects), several countries have teetered on the brink of default. China has made things worse, by shunning other lenders and multilateral institutions, instead conducting debt negotiations bilaterally, secretly and with apparent stubbornness. Continued here If Unilever truly wants 'a world with more joy', why is it filling Putin's war chest? | Catherine Bennett - The Guardian    So long as you are not Ukrainian, it is difficult to imagine a more caring and sensitive ally than the food, cosmetic and hygiene giant, Unilever. "We strive to do more good for our planet and our society," its website tells everyone. If you are poor, marginalised, old, young, unhappy, persecuted, fearful for the planet or just feeling ugly, the manufacturer of Marmite and Domestos, Cornetto and Hellmann's mayonnaise, feels your pain. Though not the bloody, battlefield kind. "Stereotypes," it warns, "are making Gen Z consumers feel unsafe on social media." Spreading happiness is another priority. "We are committed to creating an unbroken chain of happiness." And why not? Only common decency says a company can't be proudly "purpose-led", like Unilever, at the same time as it remains on the Ukrainian government's list of "international sponsors of war". That's inclusivity. It means that even Vladimir Putin will find at Unilever, should protracted military frustration ever cause low mood, a social impact mission to suit his needs: Ben & Jerry's ice-cream. Continued here

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