Help, It’s a Zoo in Here!
Publisher: Business Contact
A biologist’s perspective on workplace misconduct and how to prevent it
Safe working environment, behavioral biology, organisations
Transgressive and disruptive behavior in the workplace is a hot topic. Awareness that such behavior can be very harmful and creates an unsafe work culture has grown significantly in recent times. The focus is now mainly on the question of blame; how do we take care of the victims and how do we punish the perpetrators? Important issues, but according to behavioral biologist Patrick van Veen, crucial questions are missing from our debate. How do we prevent disruptive and transgressive
behavior? How do we correct it when we still encounter it in relatively innocent form? And how do we ensure lasting change for the better?
To explore this, Van Veen looks at behavior in the animal kingdom, particularly in great apes. Using rich, vivid examples from both the human and ape kingdoms, Help, It’s a Zoo in Here! offers insights into our social structures, interactions and behavioral codes. As often happens, apes hold up a mirror to us – helping us to take the necessary steps towards a safe working environment.
