February 24th, 2010
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Are You a Target of Bullying?
Being Bullied? Start Here.
March 3rd, 2010
UK working days lost to bullies
18.9 million working days lost every year because of bullies (in the UK)
Allegations against the PM have brought this issue into sharp focus. Gabrielle Fagan investigates just how prevalent it is in the British workplace. Read the article in the Halifax Evening Courier.
February 26th, 2010
Workplace Bullying Bills Alive in the States
Despite overwhelming state budget crises, the legislative campaign to enact anti-bullying laws for American workplaces rolls on. During this 2010 season, against all odds, the Healthy Workplace Bill (HWB), in various forms, is alive in nine states: Illinois, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, Oklahoma, Kansas and Utah.
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February 23rd, 2010
When the boss goes blammo
By Zosia Bielski, Globe and Mail, Feb. 23, 2010, Read the original article
A new book accuses British Prime Minister Gordon Brown of throwing temper tantrums. What do you do when the boss is a bully?
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February 22nd, 2010
Brit PM Brown Branded a Bully
A forthcoming book branded British Prime Minister Gordon Brown a bully. Bolstering the sensationalistic claim was that the UK National Bullying Helpline director (Christine Pratt) had received between 3 and 60 complaints from Brown’s staff at 10 Downing Street. This triggered an uproar and resignations by patrons (including Prof. Cary Cooper, a recognized workplace bullying researcher), because of the breach in confidentiality by the Hotline. Turns out Hotline advice has resulted referrals for callers to pay for an “investigation” or “consultancy” by Pratt or her husband. The anti-bullying sector has been smeared by Pratt’s tactics. The story prompted CNN International in London to contact Dr. Namie at WBI for comment.
February 22nd, 2010
Smart Talk radio show
WITF-FM (Harrisburg, PA) hosted a 55 min. discussion about Workplace Bullying on Monday Feb. 22 Listen at the archived Smart Talk show website or listen at the WBI Audio page.
February 20th, 2010
Abuse in the medical workplace: Fact vs. myth
Workplace Abuse in the Medical Workplace: Fact vs. Myth
By Denise Halverson for Utah Nurse
A physician demands that a prescription be filled despite proof that it has been prescribed from faulty information; an intimidated ER nurse doesn’t dare speak up when a life-threatening condition is overlooked; a surgical team stands knowingly, yet silently by as a surgeon makes a life-threatening error ; despite the plea of a mother, nursing staff refuse to challenge the doctor’s written order resulting in the senseless death of a toddler; a senior nurse refuses to assist a junior nurse as a critically-injured patient slips away. What is the common factor in these, and other similar and actual situations? Workplace bullying. In medical environments, personnel often couch it in more benign language: intimidating and disruptive behavior.
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February 16th, 2010
International Association on Workplace Bullying & Harassment
As a follower of the workplace bullying phenomenon, you are invited to join the new IAWBH organization. Tell your friends. Begun at the biannual conference held in Montreal in 2008 (described at this site), this group which was primarily limited to academic researchers in the early years is now reaching out to a broader constituency — clinicians, practitioners, non-academics.
The next conference is June 2-4, 2010 in Cardiff, Wales. WBI will be represented with Dr. Gary Namie and Prof. David Yamada delivering keynote addresses and presenting papers.
February 16th, 2010
Alberta Occupational Health Nurses Conference
Gary Namie will offer a May 28 workshop for AOHN reps & stewards at their conference in Banff. Read the conference brochure.
February 15th, 2010
Workplace Murderer: Target or Bully?
The Feb. 12 Univ of Alabama-Huntsville campus shooting appears less likely to be the story of a revengeful target of mistreatment than it first appeared. Revelations keep coming about the history of aggression by the shooter, Amy Bishop Anderson.
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Who We Are
WBI is the only United States organization dedicated to the eradication of workplace bullying that combines help for individuals, research, public education, consulting for employers, and legislative advocacy.