Explaining Away Concerns Is Victim Blaming
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Never become an apologist for the organization when someone raises a concern. Explaining away someone’s concern is victim-blaming in professional clothing. “That’s just how things work here” and “I’m sure they didn’t mean it that way” tell the person their experience is wrong. The manager’s job is to take the concern seriously, not to defend the system that produced it.