HR Homeroom By Edward Stern (OSHA, ret.)   Introduction  The University of Maryland (UMD) has a Policy on Professional Conduct and Workplace Bullying. (See https://policies.umd.edu/personnel/policy-on-professional-conduct-of-nonexempt-and-exempt-staff-employees.)  The policy was created by the University System of Maryland (USM), which consists of 13 state universities.   It […]

HR Homeroom Management’s Rights and Anti-bullying Policies Introduction At the end of September, Secretary of Defense/War Pete Hegseth announced, "Department policy defining conduct by Service members that constitutes hazing, bullying, and harassment is overly broad, […]

I worked at OSHA for about 27 years. Of course, I had some stories, but I had no plans to tell them. Frank Ferreri, a news editor at Worker’s Compensation magazine, urged me to tell […]

INTRODUCTION: The search for the policy  For several years, I have been studying anti bullying policies in universities. Over many months, I tried to discover an anti-bullying policy at Penn State University. I am interested […]

Safety at Work What Hurts a Person Can Hurt a Business  Public humiliation of an individual is painful, and sometimes traumatic.  Public humiliation of a business or non-profit entity can hurt by loss of public […]