# Professor Susan Stehlik emphasizes the importance of managers showing compassion for their employees

1 Faculty News September 13, 2018 ![BBC Capital logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_042627.jpg?itok=FVqJkPfR)>

Excerpt from [BBC](http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20180912-when-a-pet-dies-should-you-be-allowed-time-off-work) -- "Stehlik says from a human perspective, managers need to show compassion: 'You have to honour how people put love in their life,' she says. 'The day a manager doesn’t show compassion, then the worker turns around and says, ‘this is a hostile work environment."'

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