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Choosing Civility: The Twenty-five Rules of Considerate Conduct
Most people would agree that thoughtful behavior and common decency are in short supply, or simply forgotten in hurried lives of emails, cellphones, and multi-tasking In Choosing Civility, P. M. Forni identifies the twenty-five rules that are most essential in connecting effectively and happily with others. In clear, witty, and, well...civilized language, Forni covers topics that include: * Think Twice Before Asking Favors * Give Constructive Criticism * Refrain from Idle Complaints * Respect Others' Opinions * Don't Shift Responsibility and Blame * Care for Your Guests * Accept and Give Praise Finally, Forni provides examples of how to put each rule into practice and so make life-and the lives of others-more enjoyable, companionable, and rewarding. C hoosing Civility is a simple, practical, perfectly measured, and quietly magical handbook on the lost art of civility and compassion. .
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The Civility Solution: What to Do When People Are Rude
Many of us find ourselves confronted with rudeness every day and don’t know how to respond From the intrusive cell-phone user who holds loud conversations in public to the hostile highway driver who cuts one off with a quick swerve of his car, politeness seems to be on a downward spiral, surprising us at every turn. P.M. Forni, the author of Choosing Civility, has the answer. knows that rudeness begets rudeness and, in The Civility Solution, he shows us what to do when confronted with bad behavior by being assertive as well as civil. In more than one hundred different situations, he shows us how to break the rudeness cycle by responding to a variety of confrontations from bullying to rude internet behavior or the hurtful words of an insensitive family member. How would you respond to the following? …A salesperson ignores your requests …A fellow driver gives you the infamous “finger” …Your child’s playmate misbehaves …Your boss publicly reprimands you P. M. Forni has solutions for all of these and many more. In yet another simple and practical handbook, P. M. Forni presents logical solutions that reinforce good behavior and make our world a more civil place. .
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George Washington's Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation (Little Books of Wisdom)
Copied out by hand as a young man aspiring to the status of Gentleman, George Washington's 110 rules were based on a set of rules composed by French Jesuits in 1595. The first English edition of these rules was available in Francis Hawkins' Youths Behavior, or Decency in Conversation Amongst Men, which appeared in 1640, and it is from work that Washington seems to have copied. The rules as Washington wrote them out are a simplified version of this text. However much he may have simplified them, these precepts had a strong influence on Washington, who aimed to always live by them. The rules focus on self-respect and respect for others through details of etiquette. The rules offer pointers on such issues as how to dress, walk, eat in public, and address one's superiors..
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The Case for Civility: And Why Our Future Depends on It
In a world torn apart by religious extremism on the one side and a strident secularism on the other, no question is more urgent than how we live with our deepest differences—especially our religious and ideological differences. The Case for Civility is a proposal for restoring civility in America as a way to foster civility around the world. Influential Christian writer and speaker Os Guinness makes a passionate plea to put an end to the polarization of American politics and culture that—rather than creating a public space for real debate—threatens to reverse the very principles our founders set into motion and that have long preserved liberty, diversity, and unity in this country. Guinness takes on the contemporary threat of the excesses of the Religious Right and the secular Left, arguing that we must find a middle ground between privileging one religion over another and attempting to make all public expression of faith illegal. If we do not do this, Guinness contends, Western civilization as we know it will die. Always provocative and deeply insightful, Guinness puts forth a vision of a new, practical "civil and cosmopolitan public square" that speaks not only to America's immediate concerns but to the long-term interests of the republic and the world. .
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A World Waiting to Be Born: Civility Rediscovered
Just as The Road Less Traveled provided hope and guidance for individuals seeking growth, this major new work by M. Scott Peck, M.D., offers a needed prescription for our deeply ailing society Our illness is Incivility--morally destructive patterns of self-absorption, callousness, manipulativeness, and materialism so ingrained in our routine behavior that we do not even recognize them. There is a deepening awareness that something is seriously wrong with our personal and organizational lives. Using examples from his own life, case histories, and dramatic scenarios of businesses that made a conscious decision to bring civility to their organizations , Dr. Peck demonstrates how change can be effected and how we and our organizations can be restored to health. This wise, practical, and radical book is a blueprint for achieving personal and societal well-being..
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The How Rude! Handbook Of School Manners For Teens: Civility In The Hallowed Halls (The How Rude! Handbooks for Teens)
What counts as rude behavior in school? What can you do when a teacher is rude? When someone tries to copy off of your paper during tests, should you rat or not? How can you dress for school success? What’s the best way to handle bullies, bigots, bashers, and harassers? School can be cruel. Here’s sound advice (touched with humor) for teens who want to make it more bearable .
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Promoting Civility in Pharmacy Education
Why can't we all just get along?? Incivility is a growing problem within all aspects of pharmaceutical education and, indeed, across the spectrum of higher education Promoting Civility in Pharmacy Education describes the issues involved and provides practical solutions. With this book, you'll learn which teaching characteristics lead to more/less incivility in the classroom, how to make your expectations known in a nonconfrontational manner, and how to respond to incivilities from students, administrators, and faculty. Promoting Civility in Pharmacy Education examines ways to deal with incivility in: large classroom settings—with a discussion of honor codes and a sample syllabus
small classroom/small group settings, including discussion of the role of the group in controlling and preventing incivilities and of the negative effect of incivility on group learning
clinical settings, with a focus on insubordination, missed deadlines, sloppy/incomplete work, and unprofessional conduct Some of the problems this book will help you address include: "passive" incivilities such as inattention, lateness, asking for extensions on assignments, and making excuses, as well as mild disruptions such as cell phone conversations during class time
"overt" or "active" incivilities, including vulgar language, insulting comments, direct challenges to the teacher's authority, and physical threats The book also explores the incivilities brought on by prejudice and racism, incivilities that occur between graduate students and their teachers, the important relationship between professionalism and civility, and issues that new faculty face as they adjust to new teaching positions. Because it is packed with practical solutions to a large number of problems, Promoting Civility in Pharmacy Education is a must-have for anyone involved with pharmacy education. Make it a part of your professional collection today!.
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A Social History of Truth: Civility and Science in Seventeenth-Century England (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series)
How do we come to trust our knowledge of the world? What are the means by which we distinguish true from false accounts? Why do we credit one observational statement over another? In A Social History of Truth, Shapin engages these universal questions through an elegant recreation of a crucial period in the history of early modern science: the social world of gentlemen-philosophers in seventeenth-century England. Steven Shapin paints a vivid picture of the relations between gentlemanly culture and scientific practice. He argues that problems of credibility in science were practically solved through the codes and conventions of genteel conduct: trust, civility, honor, and integrity. These codes formed, and arguably still form, an important basis for securing reliable knowledge about the natural world. Shapin uses detailed historical narrative to argue about the establishment of factual knowledge both in science and in everyday practice. Accounts of the mores and manners of gentlemen-philosophers are used to illustrate Shapin's broad claim that trust is imperative for constituting every kind of knowledge. Knowledge-making is always a collective enterprise: people have to know whom to trust in order to know something about the natural world. .
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Rude Awakenings : Overcoming the Civility Crisis in the Workplace
Prevent workplace incivility from poisoning your business with this turnkey program for teaching civility and respect. A nationwide civility crisis is fast draining employee energy, corporate productivity, and consumer goodwill. Rude Awakenings presents a proactive program for dealing with incivility and the prevention of its escalation into a civil lawsuit, bad press, or violence. .
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Town & Country Social Graces: Words of Wisdom on Civility in a Changing Society (Social Graces)
For more than 150 years, Town & Country has stood for quality and refinement So who better to offer sound guidance on leading a civilized life in a world of eroding social graces? Here, 50 of the keenest and wittiest observers of our changing culture put forward their incisive—and thoroughly modern—views on sidestepping today’s most prevalent, perilous social landmines. From such topics as cell phone and e-mail etiquette to guilt-free apologies, these 64 timely essays offer astuteness without stuffiness. Relish the humor and insights of such writers as Jonathan Alter, Anthony Bourdain, Jay McInerney, Sue Miller, Peggy Noonan, Cokie Roberts, Jane Smiley, Wendy Wasserstein, and many others. The 10 new contributions include: “Polite or Passé,” by William Zinsser; “To Make a Long Story Short,” by Patricia Marx; and “Thanks for the Compliments,” by Jeanne Wolf. .
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