Workplace bullying, mobbing and abuse links and information page

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="00afd5a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Workplace bullying, mobbing and abuse links and information page</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Workplace bullying, mobbing and abuse li"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div>                                                   </div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="00bd2b03.jpg"> <bR> <div>   </div> <bR> <div> "Evil thrives when good men do nothing."  <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#993300" FACE="Arial" >-- Edmund Burke </FONT></div> <bR> <div> The editor of this page relates a narrative of workplace bullying regarding his spouse's experience within a Fortune 5 corporation.  Read...(click...)</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="bully01"><U><B> </B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="bully01"><U><B>What Happened </B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="bully01"><U><B>to...?</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="bully01"><U>(Click to read)</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Info about topic or content:</B></div> <div> <A HREF="mailto:cneditor@charter.net" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:cneditor@charter.net"><U>Click to email editor</U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Workplace bullying, mobbing and abuse links and information page</I></div> <div> <B>B</B>ullying is NOT just a school ground issue impacting young students.  Bullying in the American workplace is a health risk that is at epidemic proportions.  It is defined as a series of actions directed at a target "...where an employee is subjected to abusive conduct that is so severe that it causes physical or psychological harm to the employee."   While the stereotypical image of a bully is that of a loud tyrant, an equal or possiblly greater number try to work undetected with behavior that includes. "gratuitous sabotage or undermining of a person's work performance." </div> <bR> <div> One study estimates that workplace bullying has impacted as many as one in six people in the American work environment.   It is a health risk that has been characterized as "America's dirty little secret."  Most other countries in the western industrialized world have laws in place to deal with workplace bullying.  While the US has discrimination laws, they protect only a very narrowly defined group of categories - race, gender, disability, religion, age, national origin, sexual orientation, and others. But even those groups are subjected to harassment without recourse if the workplace harassment or trauma is not directed toward factors of that specific category. Workplace bullying is legal in the US.  </div> <bR> <div> Currently 13 states have workplace anti-bullying legislation pending.  Many global corporations headquartered in the US have anti-bullying policies where required, but often maintain no such policies in the US.  Ironically, in addition to the human toll, studies indicate costs to US businesses due to bullying and other stressors are estimated to be over $300 billion per year -- considerably more per capita than countries that have workplace anti-bullying  laws.   Please consider this page a library of resource links to workplace bullying information in the US along with many references to laws and policies around the world.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="692" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 1584 WIDTH="310"><div> <B>Research and baseline information  </B></div> <div> (click links below)</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://bullyinginstitute.org/wbi-zogby2007.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://bullyinginstitute.org/wbi-zogby20"><U><B>New Study:  Workplace Bullying Institute with Zogby International </B></U></A><A HREF="http://bullyinginstitute.org/wbi-zogby2007.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://bullyinginstitute.org/wbi-zogby20"><U>(sponsored by Waitt Institute)  September 2007</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.bullyinginstitute.org/res/Burned.pdf " TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bullyinginstitute.org/res/Bur"><U><I>"Burned by Bullying in the American Workplace: Prevalence, Perception, Degree and Impact" - Arizona State University and University of New Mexico</I></U></A><A HREF="http://www.bullyinginstitute.org/res/Burned.pdf " TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bullyinginstitute.org/res/Bur"><U><I>  </I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://gbr.pepperdine.edu/014/print_bullies.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://gbr.pepperdine.edu/014/print_bull"><U><I><B>Are workplace bullies sabotaging business' ability to compete?</B></I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://bullyinginstitute.org/res/2003C.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://bullyinginstitute.org/res/2003C.h"><U><I>It isn't just the loud person who has a tantrum...workplace bullies try to be undetected with a variety of actions against their targets...click here</I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://bullyinginstitute.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://bullyinginstitute.org"><U><I>The Workplace Bully and Trauma Institute</I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://bullyinginstitute.org/bbstudies/def.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://bullyinginstitute.org/bbstudies/d"><U><I>Workplace bullying defined</I></U></A><I> </I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.bullybusters.org/press/healthatoz.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bullybusters.org/press/health"><U><I>Bullies: Health Hazard at Work</I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2003/9241590521.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/20"><U><I><B>World Health Organization</B></I></U></A><A HREF="http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2003/9241590521.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/20"><U><I> report</I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2003/9241590521.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/20"><U><I>on workplace 'Mobbing'</I></U></A><A HREF="http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2003/9241590521.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/20"><U><I> (bullying)</I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.mytoxicboss.com/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.mytoxicboss.com/index.html"><U><I>My Toxic Boss</I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.bullyonline.org/workbully/usa.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bullyonline.org/workbully/usa"><U><I>The Workplace Bully Online</I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.mytoxicboss.com/torture.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.mytoxicboss.com/torture.html"><U><I>Psychological Abuse and Torture</I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.responsesource.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=24633&hilite=" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.responsesource.com/releases/r"><U><I>Free online training to help</I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.responsesource.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=24633&hilite=" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.responsesource.com/releases/r"><U><I>combat workplace bullying</I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.bullyonline.org/workbully/usa.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bullyonline.org/workbully/usa"><U><I>US Workplace resources </I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/sonnisc/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.geocities.com/sonnisc/index.h"><U><I>Does your boss make you sick?</I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-05072004-153845/unrestricted/01_bd_wpbullying.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/"><U><I>Workplace Bullying: A communication perspective - doctoral dissertation of Barbara Daniel/Florida State University</I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.ipma-hr.org/newsfiles/2001_3_glendinn.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ipma-hr.org/newsfiles/2001_3_"><U><I>Report on Cost to Business and Workers-</I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.ipma-hr.org/newsfiles/2001_3_glendinn.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ipma-hr.org/newsfiles/2001_3_"><U><I>"Workplace Bullying: Curing the Cancer of the American Workplace"</I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.ipma-hr.org/newsfiles/2001_3_glendinn.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ipma-hr.org/newsfiles/2001_3_"><U><I>by Peter Gendinning  </I></U></A><I>   (Dead link - now only available as academic paper - $$$ - various places on the web.  Very fine if you find it elsewhere.)</I></div> <bR> <div> Not a US resource, but a demonstration of concentrated effort to study and promote a standard and commitment to make mutual respect and related treatment an assumed behavior in the workplace:</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/Departments/owt/Research/dignity" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/Departments/"><U><I>Dignity at Work Project:</I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/Departments/owt/Research/dignity" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/Departments/"><U><I>Lancaster University </I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/Departments/owt/Research/dignity" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/Departments/"><U><I>School of Management (UK)</I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <I>I</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#003300" FACE="Arial" ><I>f you think you may be a </I></FONT></div> <div> <I>bully's target, click here:</I></div> <div> <B> <a href="HTMLobj-39/Bullyassess.html"><u>Workplace bullying self assessment</u> </a>  </B></div> <bR> <div> (Print out the assessment page in </div> <div> landscape format.)  Assessment is </div> <div> compiled from many sources and</div> <div> a personal tool to show if repeated</div> <div> incidents or characteristics may </div> <div> indicate that you are being bullied<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" >.</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div>  <div id="eXTReMe"><a href="http://extremetracking.com/open?login=gls334"> <img src="http://t1.extreme-dm.com/i.gif" style="border: 0;" height="38" width="41" id="EXim" alt="eXTReMe Tracker" /></a> <script type="text/javascript"> </script><noscript><div id="neXTReMe"><img height="1" width="1" alt="" src="http://e1.extreme-dm.com/s10.g?login=gls334&j=n&jv=n" /> </div></noscript></div>  </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="371"><div> <B>Workplace bullying in the news </B></div> <div> (click links below)</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://159.54.227.3/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071112/NEWS0401/711120356/1017" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://159.54.227.3/apps/pbcs.dll/articl"><U><B>Anti-workplace bullying bill</B></U></A><A HREF="http://159.54.227.3/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071112/NEWS0401/711120356/1017" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://159.54.227.3/apps/pbcs.dll/articl"><U><B> reintroduced in Washington State</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://fm.employmentlawalliance.com/ela/FMPro?-DB=ela_articles.fp5&-Format=article.html&-RecID=33861&-Find" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://fm.employmentlawalliance.com/ela/"><U><B>ELA Poll: Nearly 45 percent say they work for an abusive boss</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.bianet.org/2006/11/01_eng/news91531.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bianet.org/2006/11/01_eng/new"><U><B>'Bullying' and 'mobbing' enter Turkish legal lexicon</B></U></A></div> <div> Often the perception of the Turkish judicial system is one less than concerned about human rights, yet their courts recognize workplace bullying as a genuine concern.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1300&dept_id=374730&newsid=17367406&PAG=461&rfi=9" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1"><U>Excerpt from an article on workplace bullying from the Black Hills Pioneer newspapers</U></A></div> <div> ....  </div> <div> More links...</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://thrulookinglass-backwhen.blogspot.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://thrulookinglass-backwhen.blogspot"><U>Through the Looking Glass (Anti-bullying blog)</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.bobsutton.typepad.com/my_weblog/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bobsutton.typepad.com/my_webl"><U>Work Matters (No Assholes Rule) Bob Sutton blog</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.cbc.ca/cp/business/060508/b0508120.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.cbc.ca/cp/business/060508/b05"><U>CBC News: "The best and brightest are driven out."</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://chronicle.com/free/v52/i32/32a01001.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://chronicle.com/free/v52/i32/32a010"><U>From the Chronicle of Higher Education: "Mob Rule"</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/men/news/s/202/202986_i_was_bullied_to_death.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/men/ne"><U>Father of four bullied to death</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.salfordadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/210/210028_bully_firm_may_be_investigated.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.salfordadvertiser.co.uk/news/"><U>Bullying company to be subject of investigation</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/4504014.stm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manch"><U>UK KFC worker's suicide blamed on work environment</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/4504014.stm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manch"><U>Court decision over UK KFC worker's suicide</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.bullyonline.org/workbully/workabus.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bullyonline.org/workbully/wor"><U>The Secret tragedy of Working: Work Abuse - PTSD</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.selfhelpmagazine.com/articles/wf/abuse.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.selfhelpmagazine.com/articles"><U>Workplace abuse</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/06/02/135848.php" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/06/"><U>Out of the school yard and into the boardroom: The new American Bully, on film, in life</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.adelaide.edu.au/hr/ohs/occstress/psychabuse/biderman.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.adelaide.edu.au/hr/ohs/occstr"><U>Psychological abuse in the workplace</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.thinkingmanagers.com/management/people-based-management.php" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.thinkingmanagers.com/manageme"><U>People-based management</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://ppspublishers.com/articles/gl/eeoc_retaliation.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://ppspublishers.com/articles/gl/eeo"><U>EEOC Guidance Explains Liability for Supervisor's Harassment</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.the-tidings.com/2006/0414/bullying.htm#" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.the-tidings.com/2006/0414/bul"><U>Archdioces of Los Angeles report:</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.the-tidings.com/2006/0414/bullying.htm#" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.the-tidings.com/2006/0414/bul"><U>Workplace bullying behavior rampant</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 280 WIDTH="310"><bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="371"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="280" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="371" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>