Posts Tagged ‘bullying’
CNN study: Schoolyard bullies not just preying on the weak
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
Everyone already knows of the common stereotype, how bullies pick on the weakest kid on the playground. It is often used to justify the act of bullying itself, like a form of social Darwinism that makes it okay to commit acts of assault on another person. The Workplace Bullying Institute has found in its research that workplace bullies actually target the strongest, most capable employees. Particularly the ones who represent a threat to an incompetent manager’s own job. But a new CNN study shows this is also true of schoolyard bullies in their quest for social dominance.
This begs the question: do these kids grow up to be workplace bullies, or does the workplace make its own class of bullies? Tell us what you think in the comments section.
New York (CNN) — A new study commissioned by CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360°” found that the stereotype of the schoolyard bully preying on the weak doesn’t reflect reality in schools.
Instead, the research shows that many students are involved in “social combat” — a constant verbal, physical and cyber fight to the top of the school social hierarchy.
To read more visit: CNN study: Schoolyard bullies not just preying on the weak – CNN.com.
Tags: bullying, cnn, research, school bullying
Posted in Bullying in the News | 2 Comments »
Warren Buffett: Why Did He Enable a Bullying Exec?
Friday, April 29th, 2011
By John Baldoni | April 28, 2011
While I will not admit to enjoying the downfall of others, it is refreshing to see an executive who treats others poorly fall from power.
Tags: bullying, David Sokol, Warren Buffet, workplace bullying, Workplace Bullying Institute
Posted in Bullying in the News | 4 Comments »
Bullying writ large
Wednesday, December 8th, 2010
For a long while we have watched President Obama put a higher priority on compromise than any other mode of operating in the political arena. He has been accused of capitulating by his supporters. His opponents treat him with utter contempt, yet he continues to speak of compromising with them. This a bullying scenario very familiar to visitors of this site. Lest you think I inject retail politics into this site, read this story “What Aspect of Dealing with Bullies Did Obama Fail to Learn as a Child?”
Tags: bullying, compromise, Obama
Posted in Social Justice | 7 Comments »
The developing human brain and bullying
Monday, November 29th, 2010
At WBI we use physical sciences to complement the “softer” social science research. It is useful to convince all opponents (the courts when involved in legal cases, business lobbyists fighting our anti-bullying Healthy Workplace Bill, and executives who believe they would be sissies if they stopped bullying in their organizations) that there is a physiological basis to the injuries suffered by bullied targets. A tip of the hat to David Yamada for catching the Boston Globe science writer’s recent coverage of relevant research. Emily Anthes wrote about the impact of being bullied as a child on the developing human brain. Dr. Gabor Maté, appearing on Democracy Now! Nov. 24 spoke about how the bully’s brain may develop in abnormal ways.
Tags: brain development, bullying, Daniel Peterson, David Yamada, Elizabeth Blackburn, Emily Anthes, Gabor Mate, Martin Teicher, neuroscience, Robert Hare, Robert Sapolsky, Tracy Vaillancourt, workplace bullying
Posted in Bullying Tutorials, Science | 5 Comments »
When adults cyberbully others
Friday, November 19th, 2010
Raphael Golb, a 50 year old literature scholar and real estate lawyer with a Harvard Ph.D. and an NYU law degree, posed online through false identities as academics whose scholarly work about the Dead Sea Scrolls conflicted with Golb’s father’s life work on the Scrolls. Golb, the younger, believed that his antics were “satire, irony and parody,” a hoax. Prosecutors called it “malicious harassment and impersonation.” Golb claimed free speech rights. The court disagreed. Rather than bolster his father’s reputation, Golb did irreparable damage to it and was sentenced to six months in jail on Nov. 18. The verdict has been appealed. Read the story in the Chronicle of Higher Education or the Associated Press.
Tags: bullying, Chronicle of Higher Education, cyberbullying, Raphael Golb
Posted in Bullying Tutorials | 6 Comments »
A little "good" bullying?
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
Hateful, despicable people often act as apologists for bullies. For instance, corporate attorney Jeff Tannenbaum from Littler Mendelson long ago told the SF Business Times that some people deserve a “little good bullying.” He probably meant to use fear to motivate. That was a foolish thing to say. I ran across a new essay by Anthony Tiatorio (read the May 25 article) in which he thoughtfully represented the stop-student-bullying initiatives as failed. He quoted our WBI national survey prevalence and understood some of the less well-known findings. His conclusion: “the message is unmistakable, ‘get used to it;’ it’s a way of life in this culture.”
Tags: Anthony Tiatoro, bullying, culture, greek mythology, Procrustes
Posted in Bullying Tutorials | 5 Comments »
Guest blog: Bullying and Nurses
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
Destructive Workplace Behaviors and Turnover in Nursing by Cheryl Painter, MBA/HCM/NHCE, BSHA, PhD candidate, published in the Arizona Healthcare Executives, Spring 2009.
Destructive workplace behaviors contribute to the inability to retain nurses in the healthcare environment because of the stress associated with these behaviors. Briles (2003) defined the problem of destructive workplace behavior as “working manners, habits, and styles that can directly and negatively affect the bottom line of a unit, department, and the entire organization” (Red Ink Behavior section 2).
Tags: bullying, Cheryl Painter, destructive workplace behaviors, nursing
Posted in Bullying Tutorials | 31 Comments »
New Documentary Announcement
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
Please check out this film! The Drs. Namie and the WBI Legislative Campaign are featured. It’s a documentary that begins with post office homicide and then introduces bullying as a potential toxic feature of the work environment that can set the stage for violence.
“Delivers a potent mix of shocking truth, honest analysis and dark humor”
COMING TO THEATERS IN 2010
Feature documentary Murder by Proxy: How America Went Postal offers a provocative examination of the possible role of hostile work environments in mass murder incidents, starting with the earliest USPS mass murder-suicide in 1986.
At a time when tensions are rising again in the Postal Service and in other workplaces across America, Murder By Proxy is a simply a must-see film.
Spread the word, forward the link to this announcement to your friends
Tags: bullying, going postal, massacre, Murder by Proxy, USPS, violence
Posted in Announcements, Events, Social Justice | 2 Comments »
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