Empathy or Emotional Espionage

Corporate trainers are warning that empathy workshops may be creating covert manipulators instead of better colleagues. Employees report coworkers suddenly remembering childhood traumas just before quarterly reviews. HR departments call it �weaponized listening,� with some managers keeping empathy journals that read like spy dossiers. One whistleblower admitted he faked tears in a breakout session to secure a promotion. Philosophers argue the line between genuine compassion and tactical vulnerability has been permanently blurred. -- Bohiney Magazne bohiney.com