Associate Professor Columbia University Columbia University
We are bombarded daily by news reports of bad behavior, from sexual harassment in the workplace to racist attacks on public transportation to bullying in schools. Using empirical research from psychology and neuroscience, this talk examines the very normal psychological factors that lead most of us to stay silent in the face of problematic behavior and how this tendency unfortunately allows such acts to continue. As Martin Luther King Jr. said, “History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.” Finally, this talk will describe practical strategies individuals and organizations can use to overcome silence and inaction and instead foster an ethical bystander culture.
The keynote plenary will be followed by commentary and a moderated session by the AAP President Christopher VIsco, MD.
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