Not sure if this is the right subreddit, but I'll try to make it quick.
It's my first job (well, internship) at a real corporate setting, and my boss is the kind of person to undermine his subordinates' position in front of their coworkers. I've seen it more times than I can count, for small mistakes he can just point out without making a scene.
Anyway, this has recently happened to me, and I don't want to be a pushover and let it slide, but I'm also terrible at navigating tricky social situations. How should I go about telling him that he can't treat his workers this way, without getting confrontational and escalating the situation? Is it possible to get him to treat humans with some basic decency and respect?
So far I've never seen anyone try it. Worst case scenario I get fired, it's not like I need a positive recommendation from him, so I'm pretty open to suggestions.
(He's also the kind of absolute dipshit who laughs about stroke patients in the developing world dying due to lack of adequate health care so… Maybe a hopeless case.)
Edit: should've mentioned it's a small company and he's the CEO, so that complicates things a bit.