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Fear and Loathing in the Work Place

Pfaff and colleagues (2008) argue that coexisting (and competing) networks for fear and morality exist in the human brain. Fear plays a central role in this model with the loss of social information and the assimilation into a social group leading to a reduction in fear and concomitant rise in ethical behavior. The authors go on to state that this model is not "adequate to address issues surrounding complex social processes that operate in real life" (Pfaff et al. 2008, 10). However, we take an alternative view and argue that this model does, in fact, provide an excellent account of these social processes. Given the prominent position that emotions such as fear play in our work life, an understanding of the interlinking role they share within our work place morality would be of fundamental importance. To illustrate this relationship we describe the role that fear plays in our work environment and also the significant impact that this emotional response incurs when left unchecked.