55% of U.S. adults okay with sentencing convicted criminals to public shaming

A shame-free work environment—a space where employees are motivated not by fear of being singled out, but rather by new challenges and trust. It may sound simple enough, yet one-third of working adults have been reprimanded by a coworker in front of their work colleagues, and 28% have been made fun of publicly by a superior. Additional data from YouGov supports the fact that embarrassment is not an extinct management technique. In fact, one in four US workers have participated in this sort of demoralizing behavior themselves.

Public shaming is not confined to the workplace—one in ten US adults have had private or sensitive information shared about them on the internet without their permission. While half of Americans have not been digitally exposed, roughly a third, 35%, were unsure whether some of their personal details might be floating around on the web.