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WBI Podcast 36: Straight talk about the movement against workplace bullying
Friday, December 6th, 2013
Dr. Gary Namie provides clarification about three fundamental themes of the social movement against workplace bullying which are commonly misunderstood or mischaracterized:
1) It’s about bullying, not bullies or their personalities.
2) Employers act irrationally and irresponsibly about bullying, which itself makes no sense.
3) Being “anti-abuse” is not the same as being “anti-corporate”
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New Workplace Bullying Institute Survey: The most offensive aspects of bullying
Monday, December 2nd, 2013
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Workplace Bullying Institute Research: Bullying by Industry
Monday, December 2nd, 2013
WBI – 2013 – Industry Survey
The purpose of this final 2013 survey was to determine in which industries workplace bullying occurs.
A total of 401 respondents completed this “Industry” survey during the summer of 2013.
The questions and proportions for each response are found below.
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Gabriel: JB – A Portrait Of A Workplace Bully
Saturday, November 30th, 2013
by Eroca Gabriel, Urban Times, Nov. 26, 2013
JB is intelligent. He’s well-educated, has in-born operational savvy, and a work ethic unlike that of most of his generation. He obtained degrees from top-rated institutions, had his choice of job offers upon graduation and lives the life-style of his choice.
JB is privileged. He’s also a bully at work.
The Workplace Bullying Institute conducts surveys across the USA on workplace bullying. Here’s some of what they found in their most recent national survey (2010):
1) 35% of workers have experienced bullying first hand;
2) 62% of bullies are men; 58% are women;
3) Bullying is four times more prevalent than illegal harassment;
4) Bullying is a ‘silent epidemic.’
According to WBI, workplace bullying is defined as ‘repeated, health-harming, abusive conduct committed by bosses and co-workers.’ It consists of ‘mistreatment, sabotage that prevents work from being done, verbal abuse, threatening conduct, intimidation, and humiliation.’
Take JB, for example. His bosses and co-workers report that he is competent at his job. Yet, he doesn’t care about the work, the team or the company.
His personal agenda takes precedence over the work itself. It includes having an unhealthy need to control others. JB gets his ‘kicks’ from behaving badly on purpose and enjoying negative reactions.
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Tuesday, November 26th, 2013
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WBI YouTube compilation of NFL workplace bullying video/audio
Monday, November 25th, 2013
The growing NFL-Miami Dolphins workplace bullying tale compelled us to compile all related audio and video features related to the story at the Workplace Bullying Institute YouTube channel.
The WBI YouTube NFL bullying playlist.
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Cobb: Workplace Bullying: USA Versus Much of the World
Monday, November 25th, 2013
By Ellen Pinkos Cobb, Isoceles Group, Nov. 18, 2013
With alleged harassment on the Miami Dolphins football team, there is increased discussion of workplace bullying. It’s about time. The United States lags behind many countries in this area.
As a start: think about sexual harassment. It’s not done. And yet, it was done, flagrantly, constantly, with a wink and a nod, until not that long ago. It still happens, but less, and public perception has changed. In the United States, workplace bullying has been found to be four times more prevalent than sexual harassment.
A 2010 Zogby International survey of adult Americans (commissioned by the Workplace Bullying Institute) showed that 35% reported personally being bullied at work. Of the respondents, 64% supported having laws to protect workers from “malicious, health-harming abusive conduct” committed by bosses and co-workers.
Despite these findings, an employee can still be a target of bullying in the workplace in the US and have no legal recourse. State and federal laws do not cover acts of harassment unless based on characteristics covered by law, such as race, religion, gender, or disability. Numerous states have introduced anti-bullying legislation drafted by Suffolk Law School Professor David Yamada. None have been enacted. Yet.
The US would do well to look around the world. Numerous countries have legislation to protect workers from bullying. Canada, Australia, and nine European countries have enacted anti-bullying laws, including Sweden, France, and Denmark, and Serbia. As of January 1, 2014, an Australian worker who believes he or she has been bullied may apply to the Fair Work Commission for an investigation and if cause is found, have an order issued to the employer to stop the bullying.
Costs to workplaces in which bullying is allowed to occur include loss of skill and experience when a worker leaves due to being bullied, lowered employee morale, medical and insurance costs, and harm to a company’s reputation. Research has shown that workers who witness bullying can have a stronger urge to quit than those who experience it firsthand.
Under workplace health and safety laws, employers have a duty of care to provide a safe work environment for employees. This requirement is often interpreted to require ensuring persons in the workplace are both mentally and physically safe at work and increasingly interpreted to require a workplace free from bullying.
It is time for public perception on workplace bullying to change. Maybe, with attention focused on the complexities of the Dolphins situation, it will.
Ellen Pinkos Cobb, Esq.is Senior Regulatory & Legal Analyst for the The Isosceles Group.
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Morning AMp: Gabe Mendoza talks bullying in the workplace
Sunday, November 24th, 2013
Gabriel Mendoza, host of Weekend AMp – Chicago 90.3 FM, interviewed Gary Namie about how employees can protect themselves when bullied at work. They also address bullying allegations swirling around the NFL’s Miami Dolphins locker room. 27 min. audio
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WBAL-AM – Baltimore on Bullying in the NFL
Saturday, November 23rd, 2013
Listen to Dr. Namie discuss Jonathan Martin’s case of workplace bullying in the Miami Dolphin’s NFL locker-room on WBAL-AM, Baltimore.
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Friday, November 22nd, 2013
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