Feb 22 2021 16 mins
This episode of Workplace Fairness and Dignity is about bullying behavior: How it’s viewed by organizations; the role of Human Resources (HR) and the limited role HR may play in addressing the behavior; the reasons people bully at work and why they get away with the behavior. The information is from the Workplace Bullying Institute at https://workplacebullying.org.
Additional topics covered:
From the Workplace Bullying Institute (WBI):
· How to recognize bullying, including the various tactics used by perpetrators
· WBI on what workplace bullying is, and what it is not
· The story of how the Institute came to be from the bullying experienced on the job by one of the founders, a clinical psychologist, by her boss who was also a clinical psychologist
· Profile of bullying targets
The story of the Chief Executive who kept his word and fired an employee who directed inappropriate, abusive behavior at another professional;
A reminder of Professor David Yamada’s writing about how bullies can escape management notice by their learned skill at kissing up and kicking down;
Abusive people in the workplace could quite possibly be garden-variety psychopaths – there’s mention of “The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson;
How to talk about your former employer after you have left the bullying organization.
MUSIC: Happy, Groovy Power Pop, by Bobby Cole; Slap It All Around, by Neil Cross; Orchestral Final, by Tencher Music; Swing Days, by Bobby Cole; Adventures in Fine Dining, by Julian Mogavero; Midnight Instrumental, by Paul Mitchell Beebe; Swing Days, by Bobby Cole.