Tag Archive: Preventing violence at work

Sep 23 2010

Why verbal abuse can be just as damaging as mental abuse

By Wayne Leon Learmond, Helium.com Verbal abuse, over the years, can lead to mental abuse. In fact they are connected. To physically hit a person is one thing, but mental abuse – by use of verbal assaults – is another thing entirely. In this day and age especially, there are more children now that are …

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Sep 21 2010

AU: Workplace bullies hit bottom line

By Stuart King, The Sydney Morning Herald Courage comes in various guises. Admittedly, the stories of courage in my armoury of police tales have mostly involved conflict: on the one hand, offenders with guns, knives and machetes and, on the other, ordinary citizens who have stumbled upon scenes and accidentally or deliberately become heroes. But …

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Sep 03 2010

The bullying business

from The Ecomonist A company that specialises in “ethics and workplace compliance training” sends me alarming news about a surge in workplace bullying. A study last year by the University of Phoenix claims that the recession has given “serial bullies” an excuse to mistreat employees, while many more normal managers have concluded that “bearing down …

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Sep 01 2010

Workplace Bullying Still Rampant in US

Press Release from Workplace Bullying Institute In August, 2010 the Workplace Bullying Institute (WBI) commissioned Zogby International to conduct a survey of adult Americans. The results showed that workplace bullying is still a problem for 53 million Americans. In the scientific, national poll 34.4% of Americans report personally being bullied. In the frequently cited 2007 …

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