‘WORKPLACES AROUND THE WORLD ARE SET UP TO LEGALLY ENSHRINED AUTOCRACIES WHICH IS BASED ON THE MASTER-AND-SERVANT RELATIONSHIPS OF THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD, THAT BESTOW SIGNIFICANT POWER UPON EMPLOYERS WHILE REQUIRING OBEDIENCE FROM EMPLOYEES. RECOGNISING THIS DYNAMIC HAS PROMPTED VARIOUS COUNTRIES TO EXPLORE WAYS TO REGULATE THIS FORM OF AUTOCRACY IN THE WORKPLACE’.
‘ALL CONFLICTS BEGIN WITH A PERCEIVED INJURIOUS EVENT. BUT HOW DOES AN EVENT COME TO BE PERCEIVED AS INJURIOUS? THIS IS WHERE THE CONCEPT OF FAIRNESS BECOMES RELEVANT’.
‘FAIRNESS REQUIRES THREE (3) KEY ELEMENTS FROM AN ORGANISATION: COMMUNICATION, COLLABORATION, AND PROACTIVE THINKING. FOR EXAMPLE, IF I FEEL DISRESPECTED BECAUSE SOMEONE ELSE FAILED TO DO THEIR JOB, THAT SITUATION REPRESENTS A POTENTIALLY PERCEIVED INJURIOUS EVENT.’
-BLAINE DONAIS, B.A., LL.B., LL.M. (ADR), RPDR, C.MED, WFA
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SERIES 6: CREATING SAFE SPACES VIA ADR: HOW CAN EMPLOYEES IN CANADA REPORT DISCRIMINATION, HARASSMENT AND BULLYING WITHOUT FEAR OF LOSING THEIR JOBS WITH BLAINE DONAS, PT. 2.
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