Silence is golden?
Tue 30 Nov
|Webinar
Selective silence and insider threat: the collateral damage of unintended messages for organisational security. Work psychology science explores why silence in organisations can be far from a good thing, why it occurs, how to detect and remedy its unintended consequences.
Time & Location
30 Nov 2021, 09:00 – 12:00 GMT
Webinar
Guests
About the Event
The event will be open to those in employing organisations and interested in the topic. Given the sensitivities around the topic pre-registration will be required to enable some in our panel to participate. Based on our prior 2019 FoSS event, this will attract further interest from employers, HR and security professionals, health and social care, and the police. It builds on our earlier well-received EAWOP impact incubator event of June.
“Silence is golden” they say, however, work & organisational psychological (WOP) science shows that it can also be dangerous for individuals, organisations and society when people do not feel able to express or actively withhold information and concerns.
Recent examples of the huge consequences of silence range from the #MeToo scandals of the entertainment industry, to young peoples’ abuse in sports, children’s homes and the military, or in fraud such as Serco or Greensill, and ransomware attacks including East coast…