Read deeply into today’s article in The Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/18/AR2008041802324.html
Workplace bullying is mentioned underneath the schoolyard bullying issue that headlines the article. It brings home the situation that articles in California and elsewhere have about suicide, cancer and heart attack risk, etc.
“Maryland should look at public policy strategies that involve the participation of public health officials to promote community understanding of the health problems linked to bullying, provide guidelines for the detection of health problems and work with school authorities to conduct periodic assessments of the prevalence of bullying. Community partnerships are essential to promote understanding about bullying and to advocate for its prevention.”
I believe this is only the second mention in The Washington Post of workplace bullying. The other, concerning the recent Canadian study was:
Bullying Is Hazardous To Your Health | Health Blog said
[...] boys (even if they are already full grown men!), and so on. What we may not have realized is that bullying has a potential to physically, emotionally, and psychologically harm both parties – the bully and the [...]
jonathan said
absolutely…
ABC-AntiBullyingCrusador said
“Urgent public health message” is such a great way to describe workplace bullying and mobbing. It really drives home the point that workplace bullying and mobbing is a REAL threat to the physical and emotional wellbeing of working Americans. I, being a public health nurse by profession, and an undercover, Internet, anti-bullying activist, use these words on my own anti-bullying web site. I think these words are underutilized and should be used more often when referring to workplace abuse. “Urgent public health message” is a real attention grabber, as well it should be, and anything that threatens the health of the American workforce to the extent that workplace bullying and mobbing does, should be described as such. ABC -AntiBullyingCrusador. PS; Stop by my web site sometime to learn more about the phenomenon of workplace bullying and mobbing.
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Smith Neleta said
You may only have 3 comments however workplace bullying is a major health risk and there should be a law against it in the USA. Bullying is a means for hurt, pain, and mental suffering. I think it should hold the same consequences as assalt. I am not going to quit my job but I know that the company is bullying me and getting away with it because it is not against the law. The law tells you that you should quit your job and find another. What sense does it make for someone who hasn’t done anything to quit or get fired because she is tough and won’t allow the company bullies to push her out of the door. The people that should get fired are the bullies.
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