retaliation

(noun)

a sometimes violent response to an act of harm or perceived injustice.

Related Terms

  • sexual harassment

Examples of retaliation in the following topics:

  • Promotional Objectives

    • A promotional plan can have a wide range of objectives, including: sales increases, new product acceptance, creation of brand equity, positioning, competitive retaliations, or creation of a corporate image.
    • A promotional plan can have a wide range of objectives, including: sales increases, new product acceptance, creation of brand equity, positioning, competitive retaliations, or creation of a corporate image.
  • Whistleblower Protection

    • Whistle-blower protection provides safeguards against retaliation for those who report suspected legal or ethical violations.
    • The Whistleblower Protection Act safeguards government employees from management retaliation.
    • The No Fear Act prohibits federal managers and supervisors from engaging in unlawful discrimination and retaliation.
  • Protecting Whistleblowers

    • Investigation of retaliation against whistleblowers falls under jurisdiction of the Office of the Whistleblower Protection Program (OWPP) of the Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
    • The patchwork of laws means that victims of retaliation must determine the deadlines and means for making proper complaints.
    • Federal employees could benefit from the Whistleblower Protection Act as well as the No-Fear Act, which made individual agencies directly responsible for the economic sanctions of unlawful retaliation.
  • The Year of Blood

    • The Native Americans executed these captives in retaliation for the Gnadenhütten massacre.
    • This painting depicts the ritual torture Crawford endured in retaliation for the massacre of Christian Delawares (though Crawford had no role in that massacre).
  • Sexual Harrassment

    • Victims who do not submit to harassment may also experience other forms of harassment including retaliation in the form of isolation or bullying.
    • Common psychological effects of sexual harassment and retaliation that could affect your academic, professional, financial or social life include:
    • Increased health care costs and sick pay costs because of the health consequences of harassment and/or retaliation;
  • The War in the West

    • Most of the action in the West consisted of escalating series of retaliations between frontier settlers and local indigenous populations.
    • The intensity of the conflict increased as settlers retaliated.
    • In a subsequent campaign led by Colonel William Crawford against American Indian communities along the Sandusky River in May 1782, Crawford was captured and tortured in retaliation for the Gnadenhütten massacre.
  • Promotion Objectives

    • A promotional plan can have a wide range of objectives, including sales increases, new product acceptance, creation of brand equity, positioning, competitive retaliations, or the creation of a corporate image.
  • China

    • This support has resulted in threats of retaliation from China.
  • From Protectionism to Liberalized Trade

    • The act, which quickly led to foreign retaliation, contributed significantly to the economic crisis that gripped the United States and much of the world during the 1930s.
  • Economic Retaliation and Reaction to the Townshend Acts

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