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Camp Revamped Anti-Bullying Tenets Enhance Summer Fun


Many summer camps have taken steps to prevent bullying, reflect- ing mainstream trends. Attendees at Camp Dark Waters, a Medford, New Jersey, residential camp for ages 7 through 16 founded on Quaker prin- ciples, are asked to abide by a list of Anti-Bullying Campers’ Rights:


n I have the right to be happy and to be treated with kindness. No one will laugh at me, ignore me or hurt my feelings.


n I have the right to be myself. No one will treat me unfairly because I am fat or thin, fast or slow, strong or weak, a boy or girl. I am different because I am myself.


n I have the right to be safe. No one will hit, kick, push or pinch me. I will be free from physical threats.


n I have the right to hear and be heard. No one will yell, scream or shout and my opinions and desires will be considered in any plans we make.


n I have the right to learn about myself. I will be free to express my feelings and opinions without being interrupted or punished.


Bullying campers are warned that if they fail to honor these rights, they’ll be sent home.


Source: MetroKids.com


Women’s ability to make fair decisions amidst multiple and competing interests tend to make them better corporate leaders, researchers have found. A survey of more than 600 board directors showed that women are more likely to consider the rights of others and apply a cooperative approach to decision-making, which can result in better performance for their companies. The study, recently published in the International Jour- nal of Business Governance and Ethics, was conducted by Chris Bart, Ph.D., a professor of strategic market leadership at Canada’s DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University, in Hamilton, Ontario, and Gregory McQueen, senior associate dean at A.T. Still University’s School of Os- teopathic Medicine, in Mesa, Arizona. Male directors, which made up 75 percent of survey par- ticipants, prefer to make decisions using rules, regulations and traditional ways of doing business or getting along. Meanwhile, female directors are less curtailed by these parameters and are more likely to try new and uncon- ventional business methods. “We’ve known for some time that compa-


nies that have more women on their boards have better results,” explains Bart. “Our find- ings show that having women on the board is no longer just the right thing, but also the smart thing to do.” Yet women still only com- prise approximately 9 percent of corporate board memberships worldwide.


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