political correctness

Human rights and history

February 8, 2011 Andrew Lawson Health and Safety, Human Resources, Human Rights

During my training workshops on workplace discrimination, harassment and violence participants often express interest in the topic of “political correctness.”

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Christmas greetings in the workplace may be offensive

December 14, 2010 Andrew Lawson Health and Safety, Human Resources, Human Rights

You can’t say ‘Merry Christmas’ anymore—they have taken all the fun out of coming to work. What about my human rights? Wow! Where did all this negativity come from? I decided to do some research and look for the origins of this Christmas bashing and I turned up some interesting cases.

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Halloween and workplace human rights

November 9, 2010 Andrew Lawson Human Resources, Human Rights

The current movie, “The Dilemma” has caused quite a controversy lately because the character portrayed by actor Vince Vaughan says, “Electric cars are gay.”

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