rankist

The thesis of the book is, I think (it's hard to tell, even though the article about it goes on for 26 paragraphs), that our society is "rankist," which means that it privileges "bullying behavior of people who think they are superior."

IsThatLegal? 2004

If you are a boss, it's not enough to avoid treating your employees in a rankist manner (though the example you set will reverberate through the entire organization); you are also responsible for making sure that your subordinates treat their subordinates with dignity.

Robert Fuller: 10 Ways to Stop Rankism in the Professional World 2010

In a post-rankist world, we'd all feel as obliged to keep our promises to those whom we outrank as we do to those who outrank us.

Robert Fuller: Eight Ways You Can Stop Rankism 2010

To make the transition from a rankist environment to a dignitarian one, you have to protect the dignity of perpetrator and victim alike as new habits are established.

Robert Fuller: Eight Ways You Can Stop Rankism 2010

One way to tell if you are using the somebody-nobody distinction invidiously (as a rationalization for rankist behavior) is to notice to whom you keep your promises.

Robert Fuller: Eight Ways You Can Stop Rankism 2010

To make the transition from a rankist environment to a dignitarian one, you have to protect the dignity of perpetrator and victim alike as new habits are established.

Robert Fuller: Eight Ways You Can Stop Rankism 2010

In a post-rankist world, we'd all feel as obliged to keep our promises to those whom we outrank as we do to those who outrank us.

Robert Fuller: Eight Ways You Can Stop Rankism 2010

The halo goes to the server or salesperson who can devise a dialogue that will induce rankist customers to become aware of their own damaging behavior and change their ways.

Robert Fuller: Eight Ways You Can Stop Rankism 2010

There aren't adequate rules yet for determining the monetary worth of one job as compared to another, but clearly rankist self-dealing over the years has produced an excessive gap between richest and poorest that is incompatible with the values of a dignitarian society.

Robert Fuller: Eight Ways You Can Stop Rankism 2010

One way to tell if you are using the somebody-nobody distinction invidiously (as a rationalization for rankist behavior) is to notice to whom you keep your promises.

Robert Fuller: Eight Ways You Can Stop Rankism 2010