When Tragedy Strikes: Crisis Management For Critical Incidents and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder By Bob VandePol, Dr. George Everly, Patrick S. Clarke - continued from page 9
When tragedy strikes, military contractors face the obvious human cost as well as resultant financial costs due to loss of productivity, employee attrition, litigation, increased workers' compensation (WC) and disability costs, and reputational risk. If the tragedy is a WC loss related to an injury, employers typically provide immediate first aid and report the incident to the appropriate personnel. However, if the tragedy is psychological in nature, employers often fail to provide immediate, effective psychological first aid for employees.
To read more click here Lakemont Homes to Pay $267,000 to Settle Lawsuit
Real estate developer Lakemont Homes, Inc. will pay $267,000 and furnish other relief to settle a class sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEOC originally filed suit against Lakemont in June 2009 in U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada (EEOC v. Lakemont Homes Inc., Lakemont Homes Nevada, Case No. 3:09-cv-00335), alleging that four female employees of the company in Reno endured vulgar sexual comments and unwanted propositions or touching by a male lead sales agent since at least 2003. According to the EEOC, the lead agent asked at least one of the women to have sex with him, even threatening her life at gunpoint.
Despite multiple complaints to a female sales manager, no action was taken to address or halt the harassment, the EEOC said. Instead, the EEOC contends, the women were retaliated against for reporting the conduct in the form of unfavorable scheduling and poor performance evaluations. Ultimately, all of the victims were forced to quit while the harasser remained employed until 2005.
EEOC V. Lakemont Homes, US Dist Crt., D. Nev, No.3:09-cv-00335, 11/30/11 To read more click here
The Role of Emotion in Predicting Violence By David Matsumoto, Ph.D., Hyi Sung Hwang, Ph.D., and Mark G. Frank, Ph.D.
Emotion, one crucial aspect of human behavior often overlooked by researchers, operators, and policymakers who often view it as too "soft" for serious consideration or research, serves a crucial purpose in understanding any individual or group behavior. For the individual, emotions are evolved information-processing systems that aid in survival.1 These transient, fleeting reactions to events can impact a person's welfare and require immediate response.2 Emotions prime behaviors by initiating unique physiological signatures and mental structures, aid in bonding memories and cognitions, and, most important, serve as a motivator of human behavior.3 Group emotions arise when a sufficient proportion of members share similar emotions about their group (the "ingroup") or another group (the "outgroup"), although no definition or consensus in the field exists about what that proportion may be. As in individuals, groups have emotional reactions to events that impact their perceived welfare and survival. Group- level emotions motivate members' behaviors as a whole. Woven into the group's overarching narratives of life, they provide guidelines and bases for making attributions about ingroups and outgroups. They aid in regulating social behavior and preventing social chaos.4 Thus, a complete understanding of individual or group behavior starts with recognizing the importance of emotion, which is motivation.5 The authors assert that this is important for recognizing the behavior of individuals and groups in predicting acts of hostility or violence.
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