Evasive
Ping-Pong Master
Responsibility Shifter
🟢 Low legal riskTelltale symptoms
- Immediately shifts blame to other departments when problems arise
- Interprets own scope of work extremely narrowly
- 'Not my responsibility' is their catchphrase
Psychology profile
Self-protection through responsibility avoidance. Excessive punishment for failure has solidified into defensive behavior, internalized as organizational 'survival strategy'.
Legal risk analysis
Not classified as harassment — closer to organizational culture issue
Likely to be read as legitimate management, so relationship tactics beat legal ones here. Try the counter-strategies below first, and start documenting if it escalates.
Counter-strategies
- 1Create R&R definition document and obtain signatures in advance
- 2Forward relevant email chains to upper leadership when blame is shifted
- 3Formally request clarification on 'who owns this issue'
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