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by kabanossen 1313 days ago
It has to do with how much you empathize with people. Responsibility follows from empathy. When you care about someone enough you also take responsibility for your actions toward this person. So we need to show care for each other, empathize with those closest to us as well as everyone else.
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This is the truth. We should look out for each other, and try to build one another up. Instead of exploiting and taking from each other to achieve security, let’s understand and help one another so we can live in peace and balance with ourselves, each other, and laws of nature.
What are some self preservation strategies you've found useful to surviving in workplaces when you experience "exploiting and taking from each other to achieve security?"

Which behaviors have you found most common? How do you find/select organizations or communities that "look out for each other, and try to build one another up?"

How does this occur in workplaces?
In workplaces I'd say it happens if there's an empathetic culture, if leadership and employees see each other and care about more than the product, care about the team. This manifests in many ways, for example leaders asking for and appreciating critique, building on it, maybe instituting a shorter workweek instead of a pay raise (if that's what employees want).