Monthly Archives: August 2016

Bullying is widespread in the work place and causes great distress to those who suffer it

It is important to recognise the wide variety of abusive behaviours in the workplace. They range from verbal, emotional, physical, and sexual to financial, all designed to exert power and control. Emotional bullying is the hardest to prove, which is why it is likely to be the most common. It

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Racism is bullying

The bullying of Anna was a more serious case of bullying than the racist bullying that I experienced in the in the 1960s, when I was 19 years old, and working in another country. I was hardworking, but shy. A rural child who had seen little of life or of

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Abuse in the workplace and in school Shames spirit, Power infected, Poisonous intent, No happiness found there, Only spiritual starvation. Humanity shrivelled. Powerless to protest, A futile rebellion Against cruel oppression, Unspoken, Looks that can kill, Scowls of derision, An abyss of degradation, Imprisoning sense of self. Jim O’Shea As

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