The following article by Kali Holloway was posted on the AlterNet website August 8, 2017:
A study finds the president’s toxicity trickles down to office life.
For better or for worse, American presidents influence U.S. culture. In the case of Donald Trump, it’s undoubtedly for the worse. The man who currently occupies the White House lies without hesitation, insults those he perceives as threats, brags about committing sex crimes against women, advocates for violence, and pushes racist and xenophobic untruths. His poisonous leadership has created a toxic atmosphere that permeates every aspect of American society. This includes the workplace, according to the findings of a recent survey.
Nearly 46 percent of Americans believe that “the brutish 2016 election campaigns negatively impacted the workplace,” according to the Workplace Bullying Institute. In an abstract subtitled “Trump Toxicity,” the organization notes that as a candidate, Trump “modeled bullying and [gave] license for others to forego norms of interpersonal civility and kindness.” The trickledown effect is leading to increasingly inhospitable workplaces and an increase in inappropriate behavior.
“It violates all the norms and the niceties of how one should behave,” Gary Namie, the head of the Workplace Bullying Institute, told Martha C. White of NBC News. “What it’s exposing is the very, very dark side of our society.” Continue reading “He Ruins Everything: Trump Is Having a Negative Effect on the Workplace”