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...Barry Vaux, general manager of European administration, says, "Our primary concern is for the safety and well-being of our employees. This not only includes having a safe and harassment-free working environment, but also the policies and procedures to allow any grievances to be heard in a fair manner." Bullying in the workplace takes many forms, from meaningless tasks and impossible deadlines to rumor, ridicule, and physical or verbal intimidation. In every field, from the arts to the military, there are boundaries of acceptable behavior: in December, British Royal Navy Commander David Axon was permanently relieved of control...
...estimated 160,000 dead, the term has taken on a whole new gravity?and manufacturers and advertisers have quickly adjusted. As Global Language Monitor's Paul Payack puts it, "The word tsunami will be the subject of considerable discretion before being used in anything other than a most serious manner." Here are some changes since the disaster...
...fairness, Gonzales' argument-that stateless, remorseless al-Qaeda terrorists should be detained in a manner different from and stricter than the standard Geneva Convention procedures-has merit. The use of aggressive, nonviolent interrogation techniques, perhaps even drugs like sodium pentothal, may not be inappropriate to elicit information from those intent on the mass murder of civilians. But physical assault is something else entirely. The world now knows that the Bush White House at least tacitly approved the loosening of standards that led to the outrages of Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo-and that no one of significance has been sacked...
...Africa that doesn't resort to images of war, famine and despair. As an African, I cringe every time I hear We Are the World and Do They Know It's Christmas? Sure, Africa needs help. But it does not have to be presented in such a condescending manner. Temi Babalola Toronto Annan Under Fire Your story on U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the oil-for-food scandal [Dec. 13] conceded that neither Annan nor his son has been found guilty of anything improper or illegal. You noted that Annan is defending himself against a "small but determined band...
...state legislatures lively debate could weigh the social costs and benefits of the procedure in a reasoned (perhaps scientific) manner, and talk of the “right to privacy” or “abortion as murder” might decline a bit. All passions would not die down unless everyone can agree on exactly when life begins, but an improvement would be possible...