Bullying in the Workplace
April 17th, 2010
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Bullying in the Workplace
Employers are beginning to take steps to make bullying as unthinkable as sexual harassment or drunkenness in the workplace.
Schoolyard bullying – the torment of one child by another – is often compared to workplace bullying. Both types represent a grab for control by an insecure, inadequate person, an exercise of power through the humiliation of the target. School bullies, if reinforced by cheering classmates, fearful teachers or ignoring administrators, grow up to be dominating adults. When they join the work force, they continue to bully others. Read more…