O'Neill holds a grudge against carl, one of his coworkers. As a consequence, O'Neill spreads rumors about carl at work. Everyone at the workplace avoids carl believing the rumors to be true. In the context of workplace deviance, this is an example of political deviance.
Political deviance refers to a set of action that is being done in order to create a certain level of social change without using the conventional methods. In the example above, the conventional method That oneill can do wold be defeating Carl in terms of performance, not spreading false narative about him.
