Oct 11, 2024

Maybe let’s just not talk about politics at work?

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One expert's advice: just avoid political discourse in the workplace.

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Office Politics

The argument for just not talking about politics in the workplace

by David Brancaccio , Ariana Rosas and Nic Perez

Oct 11, 2024

"I think the idea is to set a norm of corporate political neutrality," argues Sean Westwood of the Polarization Research Lab.

"We've just softened the boundaries a little bit and allowed politics to creep into the workplace," said Sean Westwood of the Polarization Research Lab.

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