--- description: How workplace rudeness is contagious, the best money we'll spend in prison, a "do not track" standard for web browsing and more. title: Workplace Rudeness Is Contagious image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Innovation](/tag/innovation/) ## Innovation Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Workplace Rudeness Is Contagious by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 4, 2015 4:01 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 4, 2015 4:01 PM CUT **1\.** [**It’s not your imagination. Workplace rudeness is contagious.**](http://news.ufl.edu/archive/2015/07/its-official-workplace-rudeness-is-contagious.html "undefined") By Alisson Clark at the University of Florida **2\.** [**Here’s why it makes sense to help prisoners get a college education.**](https://theconversation.com/here-is-why-it-makes-sense-to-reopen-access-to-pell-grants-for-prisoners-45476 "undefined") By Ellen Condliffe Lagemann in the Conversation **3\.** [**It just got easier to tell companies not to track your every move online.**](http://www.dailydot.com/politics/do-not-track-better-privacy-standard/ "undefined") By Aaron Sankin in the Daily Dot **4\.** [**We should secure the web today against the quantum computers of tomorrow.**](http://www.technologyreview.com/news/539441/securing-todays-data-against-tomorrows-quantum-computers/ "undefined") By Tom Simonite in MIT Technology Review **5\.** [**Could your child’s picky eating be a sign of depression?**](http://time.com/3981050/picky-eating-health-risks/ "undefined") By Alice Park in Time  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/ "undefined") _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3983480/workplace-rudeness-contagious/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3983480/workplace-rudeness-contagious/"},"headline":"Workplace Rudeness Is Contagious","datePublished":"2015-08-04T16:01:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:02:11.285Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/3983480/workplace-rudeness-contagious/","keywords":["Innovation","Mental Health","privacy","Prison","Coworkers"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3983480/workplace-rudeness-contagious/","name":"Workplace Rudeness Is Contagious"}}]}] ```