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FYI, Professor Sutton from Stanford wrote a book about this very same idea: https://www.amazon.com/Asshole-Rule-Civilized-Workplace-Surviving-ebook/dp/B000OT8GV

• nickpsecurity 10y ago
  It was a good book. It basically showed assholes do a lot of damage and advocated reducing their impact in organizations. The idea doesn't necessarily mean full, passive-aggressive enabling. One can just ban more obvious asshole behavior and enforce a principle of treating people with respect as another commenter said. That combined with respecting people's key differences, often used in passive-aggressive attacks, should reduce the number of serious bullying a lot. Especially if whole organization is onboard. I can't site anything specific as I gave it away. It was just a good reminder to strategically eliminate assholes (not dissent) if I ran a company.
• StevePerkins 10y ago
  Ah, I knew it had to come a management book. Whenever you see managers at multiple companies reciting the same phrases in their speeches, it's always a lazy cut-n-paste from a recent self-help book. There may actually be good material in that book. However, what gets written down by consultants and professors, and what is actually applied in typical practice, are two separate things (e.g. every "agile" methodology book ever).