Below are a number
of sample bystander situations. Click on the links to see examples of
different strategies applied to that situation.
Situation #1:
A teammate makes an off-color joke (e.g. involving an offensive
stereotype) at a project meeting. |
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Strategies After the Fact
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Situation #2:
A fellow graduate student receives a public dressing down by a professor
in a lab meeting. |
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the Moment
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Strategies After
the Fact
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Situation #3:
In a small-to-medium-sized class you see another student repeatedly
surfing the net on a laptop. It's distracting. The instructor has
not said anything. |
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the Moment
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Strategies After
the Fact
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Situation #4:
You hear a fan at an athletic event make a cruel remark
about someone on the opposing team, who seemed to overhear it. |
Strategies in
the Moment
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Strategies After
the Fact
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Situation #5:
One person in your lab or group frequently makes critical
or even mean remarks about others behind their backs. |
Strategies
in the Moment
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Strategies After
the Fact
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Situation #6:
You see a student so drunk that he or she can barely walk stumble
toward a nearby parked car, keys in hand. |
Strategies
in the Moment
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Strategies After
the Fact
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Situation #7:
You are on a four-person team. There is a lot of tension in the team
because the other two people think X is not doing his share of
the work. No one has
said anything to X about it. |
Strategies
in the Moment
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Strategies After
the Fact
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Situation #8:
The two people who live (or work) in adjacent rooms across
the hall from you have, on separate occasions, complained to you about
each other. One day, you
hear them start to argue loudly in the hall. |
Strategies
in the Moment
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Strategies After
the Fact
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