Archive for the ‘Bullying in the News’ Category
From boss to bully: When has it gone too far?
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010
Huffington Post columnist Wendy Powell explores workplace bullying, weaving in the Kevin Morrissey story, the WBI national prevalence study, and the Healthy Workplace Bill campaign. As an HR veteran, she warns us: “Don’t assume that administrators or human resource professionals have the skills to handle these serious types of allegations and investigations. Contract a skilled professional to provide training and practice so they will be well prepared when the needs arise.” Exactly what we have been saying.
Read the Aug. 24, 2010 post, From boss to bully: When has it gone too far?
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Morrissey suicide story on Today Show
Monday, August 23rd, 2010
On Monday Aug. 23, the NBC-TV Today Show aired an interview with Maria Morrissey, sister of Kevin Morrissey who committed suicide on July 30 in Charlottesville, VA in connection with his job at the Virginia Quarterly Review on the campus of the University of Virginia. Also interviewed was Morrissey’s co-worker, Waldo Jaquith. For the most details about the story, read The Hook article.
Tags: Kevin Morrissey, Maria Morrissey, NBC-TV, Ted Genoways, the Hook, Today Show, University of Virginia, Virginia Quarterly Review, workplace bullying
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More on Morrissey, UVa employee suicide
Monday, August 23rd, 2010
Virginia Public Radio reporter Sandy Hausman interviewed Maria Morrissey, sister of suicide victim Kevin Morrissey, Dr. Gary Namie – WBI Director, and Ted Genoways attorney Snook for Aug. 23, 2010 report.
Read this Aug. 23 article: “The Rise and Fall of Ted Genoways” by the editor of ZYZZYVASPEAKS, a journal of West Coast writers & authors
Tags: Gary Namie, Kevin Morrissey, Maria Morrissey, Snook, Ted Genoways, University of Virginia, Virginia Quarterly Review
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Kevin Morrissey suicide update
Friday, August 20th, 2010
The most detailed account of events at the University of Virginia that led up to Kevin Morrissey’s suicide can be found in the Charlottesville newspaper, The Hook:
Tale of Woe: The death of Kevin Morrissey by Dave McNair, August 18, 2010
Take time to read the several comments, including mine.
Tags: Casteen, Kevin Morrissey, Maria Morrissey, suicide, Sullivan, Ted Genoways, University of Virginia, Virginia Quarterly Review, VQR, workplace bullying
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Depression or alleged bully boss prompt suicide?
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
ABC News coverage of the Kevin Morrissey suicide at the University of Virginia asks the question.
Tags: Kevin Morrissey, Ted Genoways, University of Virginia, VQR
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Healthy Workplace Bill described on CNN
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
On July 26, Adam Cohen, Yale Law School lecturer and author of the Time magazine article about our bill, appeared on CNN American Morning show. He accurately described the Healthy Workplace Bill and discussed implications for employers without fear-mongering or hyperbole. Thank you, Adam, for reading the text of the bill and communicating your understanding.
Tags: Adam Cohen, Healthy Workplace Bill, Yale Law
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WBI on Vancouver, BC radio
Saturday, July 24th, 2010
Dr. Gary Namie was a guest on CKNW-AM 980, Vancouver, BC Saturday July 24.
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HWB author Yamada on MSNBC
Friday, July 23rd, 2010
David Yamada, Suffolk Univ. Law Professor and author of the anti-bullying legislation for the U.S. — the Healthy Workplace Bill, appeared on MSNBC at 12:50 pm July 23. He distinguished clearly routine rudeness from malicious bullying that carries health-harming consequences. You can download Prof. Yamada’s publications from a link in the WBI Research Library and visit his blog for the New Workplace Institute.
Note the correct spelling of his name Yamada, not Yamata.
Tags: David Yamada, Healthy Workplace Bill, MSNBC, New York Senate
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WBI Healthy Workplace Bills target workplace bullying
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
“New laws target workplace bullying” by Adam Cohen, Time magazine, July 21, 2010
There are some very important things they don’t tell you on career day. Chief among them is that there is a good chance that at some point during your working adult life you will have an abusive boss — the kind who uses his or her authority to torment subordinates. Bullying bosses scream, often with the goal of humiliating. They write up false evaluations to put good workers’ jobs at risk. Some are serial bullies, targeting one worker and, when he or she is gone, moving on to their next victim.
Tags: Healthy Workplace Bill, NY Senate, Time magazine, WBI-Zogby
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Do we need a workplace bullying law?
Saturday, July 17th, 2010
Check your local Sunday newspaper Parade magazine on July 18 for brief mention of the Healthy Workplace Bill legislative campaign. But go online to this page and vote now
UPDATE: As of Thurs. July 22, 93% of those who voted want a law! To elected state & federal legislators: if you are looking for a “populist” thing to do to help your beleaguered constituents, turn your back on SHRM and the Chamber of Commerce and do something for the “small people” (aka, the real persons, not Supreme Court “persons,” the corporations.)
For those new to the Workplace Bullying Institute, visit our Healthy Workplace Bill Legislative Campaign website to see the history of the anti-bullying bill movement led by State Coordinators and citizen lobbyists just like you. Sign up to help in your state.
Tags: Gary Namie, Healthy Workplace Bill, Parade, Workplace Bullying Institute
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