Former Member 7 Years Ago - Edited Blair, Amusing, but it is an important point. It is not about swearing, but it is about the local authority's attitude to "right" and "wrong". What does an authority see is acceptable? Bad language?; Mild bullying?; Theft of computers?... Where does it start and stop? I never heard a lot of really bad language - in public, but I did hear it quite often, from a few individuals more regularly. I think that this matter is one for individuals, but if the outbursts upset others there has to be give and take... What really mattered to me was the fact that I worked with a senior manager who regularly (in front of staff) bragged about how he manipulated others; it was deeply unsettling. He used language to distort and hide behind; he knew what he was doing was fundamentally wrong, but he persisted to expound his expectation to expect others to accept that and he always said he would 'get away' with what he was doing. He expected others to accept this as the norm, and to risk impacts from the effects that might result. This is worse than any swearing Blair (obviously), but I guess it is a fact of life because he did get away with it. In this case that same senior manager made decisions that manipulated not just people, but also finances detrimentally. The effect on others did eventually have an impact, and although a number of people were aware of the wrongdoing, and was even the subject of an official whistleblowing report (I guess this was the 'official' opportunity to highlight discomfort formally), he seems to have got away with it with the help of his friends. Others lost their jobs. You raise an important point in the brief article, but the dangers of something as simple as ignoring others feelings is very damaging indeed. https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/erdf_records_access_to_retained#comment-76419 0 Reply as... Cancel