...Abstract Nowadays, workplace bullying becomes one of the major unethical issues in organizations. Workplace bullying expressed as unethical behavior or unethical business practice in organizations. Bullying in workplace is unhealthy, mistreatment and unfair supervision for one employee, by one or more employees and employers. The unhealthy, mistreatment and unfair supervision is form as violence that prevents somebody or employee to perform in his / her works. This issues being popular and serious problem among researcher. In addition, it will demonstrate negative impact to categories such as individual, team and organizations as well as to country. In this study, the problem of workplace bullying will be explored by using several of review papers / articles. The purpose of the study is to determine the potential factor or causes of workplace bullying on employees. Other than that, this study also wants to explore what is workplace bullying and unethical behavior as well as its consequences or the effect to individual and organization. Furthermore, the relationship or correlations between workplace bullying and unethical behavior will be identify. The review papers / articles taken between year 2010 and 2015. The conclusion and recommendation for this study are provided as purpose to further study and research. Keywords: Workplace Bullying, Unethical Behaviors 1.0 Introduction This study includes two sections which are background of the study that will explain the unethical...
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...Bullying in the Workplace Many people relate bullying to their earlier days in school and still relate bullying to the typical “school yard” bully that seemed to terrorize the weakest children on the playground. Times have changed but the bully still lives and more than likely still torments its victims. Bullying in itself is a mistreatment of one or more persons by another individual or in some cases, a group of people. It is still present in today’s schools and it continues to linger around the average business office. Workplace bullying is often overlooked or ignored. When it comes to bullying in the workplace, it differs from the traditional bullying that so many grew up with. So many people assume that bullying does not exist in the office due to the fact that there are adults present, not children. Unfortunately, there are many adults who still behave like children and show little to no respect for their co-workers. Many people bully others without even realizing that they are doing it due to their own hidden issues. Very few are able to recognize what is beneath the surface and what lies behind the cause of conflict. Company employees are expected to be professional and grown up. After all, they are adults and they should behave as such. “Bullying is also a global phenomenon. Some researchers suggest that workplace bullying is more prevalent in the U.S. due to the cultural values of the U.S. which emphasize on individuality, assertiveness, masculinity, and achievements”...
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...Where are the Consequences for Bullying? COM/156 Where are the Consequences for Bullying? Consequences for an individual’s actions are placed to deter others from committing certain crimes: so why is bullying overlooked? Bullying is defined as “intentional harm-doing or harassment that is directed toward vulnerable targets and typically repeated. Bullying encompasses a wide range of malicious aggressive behaviors, including physical violence, verbal mockery, threats, ostracism, and rumors spread either orally or by other means of communication, such as the Internet” (Encyclopedia Britannica). Since there has been a rise in bullying, many places have increased the consequences to an individual’s actions. Schools and states are finding the need to put laws and policies into effect. Certain states, schools, and communities are coming together looking a way to teach others about bullying, and its negative effects it can have. Some individuals are bullied to the point that they have a hard time handling all the affects that bullying has on them. The bullied individuals could end up taking their own life or the life of others to stop what is happening to them. Creating consequences for bullying may be all that is needed to help prevent this problem from continuing to become worse. With all the federal laws we have in this country, there are no laws that deal with bullying. There are ways that bullying is addressed under certain federal law, but coverage from the law depends...
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...Speech Class 11/19/2014 Bullying: Real Harm Deserves Real Consequences During the school year, children go off to school to get an education. Unfortunately for some, getting a good education can feel almost impossible. Imagine a child not wanting to go to school because they are afraid to. Imagine the child’s grades dropping because they cannot concentrate. Most would agree that they would want to do everything they can for their children to be comfortable going to school and feeling safe. The ongoing and growing problem that is causing such disturbance is bullying. Bullying is a social interaction where a more dominant individual, who is the bully, exhibits aggressive behavior that is intended to, and does, in fact, cause distress to a less dominant individual which is the victim. The aggressive behavior can be direct physical contact and/or a verbal attack that can be direct or indirect (Bullying). Bullying includes harassment, intimidation to varying degrees, taunting and ridicule (Ferrell-Smith). About 50% of high school students said they have bullied someone in the past year. Forty seven percent said they had been bullied, teased or taunted in a way that seriously upset them in the past year. Nearly 40% of bullied girls and 46% of bullied boys in grades 3 through 12 have been bullied a year or longer, yet fewer than 50% of bullied students have told a parent (Billitteri). Many students that are being bullied are suffering silently. Because bullying can have harmful and sometimes...
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...English 101-57P1 30 September 2012 Rough Draft Essay # 2 Bullying is wrong because it hurts the victim, the bully, and everyone around them. Bullying is an impact on society, however, knowing the psychological effects bullying can cause, that suicide is often is often a result of it, and how common it is in school and in everyday life across Louisville, KY, to stop or reduce bullying, we should take action. Bullying is a serious problem in homes, school and the communities. It learned behavior detrimental to the academic, physical and social emotional of all types of bullies. Bullying is not only the problem in youth, it is in all ages. Although bullying it is a difficult challenge. But this cannot be ignored. Bullying is a an impact on society; however, knowing the psychological effects bullying can cause, that suicide is often a result of it, how common it is in schools and in everyday life right here in Louisville, KY, we need to step up and take action. This does not need to be ignored any longer. Before we talk about why do people bully. We need to understand the meaning of bullying. (Some consider bullying to be purposeful attempts to control another person through verbal abuse- which can be in tone of voice in content such as teasing or threats- exclusion, or physical bullying or violence, which the victim does not want. Why do people bully other people? There are many reasons why people bully...
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...113A 20 November 2015 Stop Cyber Bullying and Make World A Better Place Internet networking have turned the world into another generation that increased the rate of invention and knowledge acquiring. In the Internet age making connections between people is faster and easier than ever. But the cost of the networking is also greater; not going out and being anonymous online can do a lot. Cyber bullying is one then and it has become a side effect of Internet and social media. Cyber bullying is a more serious problem than people thought, and by stopping cyber bullying we can make the world a better place. The consequences of cyber bullying are real, brutal and ruthless, it can ruin people’s reputation and life, cause from mental health problems to suicide; to make world a better place cyber bullying can be stopped by compassion empathy and caution. Cyber bullying is a common practice in many nations and have led to many disasters. Internet brought home many good interventions but this one was the wrong one in the generation. It is believed that a million number of people get exposed by cyber bullying each day. The fact that the cyber bullying has gone far in affecting our young generation it unstoppable. It is the action that we can all take so that we could stop these actions from happening again in the future. Cyber bullying have raised fighting actions among those individuals who are affected by the action. In addition, cyber bullying have increased the emotional hurt...
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...Bullying has been a very challenging issue to resolve for many years. It is increasingly spreading by the use of social media, where most bullies spread malice at the touch of a button. Bullying’s prevalence has lead to numerous consequences such as anxiety, depression, diminished effort in academics, and suicide. Many schools have implemented effective anti-bullying policies to prevent these consequences from occurring, but this school’s current policy hasn’t incorporated strict rules and consequences to battle issues associated with bullying. In order to eliminate bullying as a whole, the school must implement a new policy which imposes strict consequences on bullies. Bullying is a very prevalent issue that is easily caused by many different...
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...Bullying as a Social Problem Table of Contents What is bullying……………………………………… Pg4 What is a social problem………………………………Pg5 Deviant behavior perspective…………………………..Pg5-6 Labeling perspective………………………………………Pg6 Types of bullying………………………………………..Pg7-8 Effects of bullying………………….………………………..Pg7 Blumer’s career a social problems….…………………..Pg8-11 Consequences of bullying………………………………..Pg11-12 Conclusion………………………………………………….Pg11 Bullying is a growing epidemic in today’s society. Bullying is a social problem that society has been struggling with for decades. A social problem is considered a common problem that many individuals experience separately. (Mills, 1959) Over many years, more and more people are becoming victims to bullying. What is bullying? From the Oxford dictionary, bullying is an aggressive action imposed by a person who uses strength or power to harm or intimidate those who are weaker. According to Olweus, a target of bullying is defined as “a person that is repeatedly victimized over time to negative actions by one or more persons” (Olweus, 1994). There are many short and long-term effects for both the victims and bullies. The effects that both endure are affective academically, physically, and emotionally. Some parents often think of it as a rite of passage. In their day, bullying was looked upon as typical child’s play and usually exists around adolescents. Before we begin to clarify bullying as a social problem and how to solve it, we would need to first...
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...Bullying as a Social Problem Table of Contents What is bullying……………………………………… Pg4 What is a social problem………………………………Pg5 Deviant behavior perspective…………………………..Pg5-6 Labeling perspective………………………………………Pg6 Types of bullying………………………………………..Pg7-8 Effects of bullying………………….………………………..Pg7 Blumer’s career a social problems….…………………..Pg8-11 Consequences of bullying………………………………..Pg11-12 Conclusion………………………………………………….Pg11 Bullying is a growing epidemic in today’s society. Bullying is a social problem that society has been struggling with for decades. A social problem is considered a common problem that many individuals experience separately. (Mills, 1959) Over many years, more and more people are becoming victims to bullying. What is bullying? From the Oxford dictionary, bullying is an aggressive action imposed by a person who uses strength or power to harm or intimidate those who are weaker. According to Olweus, a target of bullying is defined as “a person that is repeatedly victimized over time to negative actions by one or more persons” (Olweus, 1994). There are many short and long-term effects for both the victims and bullies. The effects that both endure are affective academically, physically, and emotionally. Some parents often think of it as a rite of passage. In their day, bullying was looked upon as typical child’s play and usually exists around adolescents. Before we begin to clarify bullying as a social problem and how to solve it, we would need to first...
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...Bullying in Schools Victoria Cottongin Monday March 31, 2014 Abstract This is a paper on bullying in schools. It will give suggestions of ways for schools to convey awareness. This paper will also include some suggestions on how to stop bullying in schools by establishing certain consequences for students and parents. Bullying in Schools Sandy, an overweight teen whose family was not financially sound, was sitting at the lunch table all by herself when part of the “A” list group started throwing Twinkies at her and making pig noises. Later that evening when Sandy logged on to her Facebook account, it had been hacked. In the place of her cover photo was a picture of a pig. The next day the local news reported that a sixteen year old girl had committed suicide and a group of teens was being charged with her murder due to bullying. That sixteen year old girl was Sandy. Bullying in schools has become a very popular topic. With all the advancements in technology, many of these acts are making it into mainstream media. There has been a startling increase in the amount and types of students who feel they are bullied by others in school. Over 3.2 million students are victims of bullying each year and nearly one third of all students get bullied daily. Due to the prevalence of cell phones and social media, these acts of bullying almost always follow the student home. According to the CDC, approximately 4,400 suicide deaths in young people occur per year. That makes suicide...
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...Do you believe only victims of cyberbullying suffer consequences? Or do the bullies suffer as well? When there is a situation involving a billy and a victim, there is sometimes a reason as to why that’s happening. Bullying is a two way street and it should be look at more in detail. In cyberbullying between teens, there seems to be an ongoing trend of who does it and the effects it has. An example of a trend in cyberbullying is, according to research, Gregg Macdonald says cyberbullying is “traditionally served for boys” but actually it’s the girls who are involved in it more. To explain it better, it means that in cyberbullying, a trend of gender is shown which is the fact that girls are more involved which is proof of one trend. Another...
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...Every individual has experienced some sort of inequality, segregation or a sense of alienation at least once in their lives. Examples of the cause of oppression are: sexism, homophobia, racism and classism. Childhood is not all about nostalgia and amusement. Oftentimes the cause of torment or "bullying" could lead to unresolved issues or underlying conflicts within the self in regards to both the victim and victimizer. An example or a specific case would help better explain this situation. Like some children, I was a bully and harassed several classmates for different reasons such as the way they look, the way talk and their personal interests. I was in grade six and there was a new "no bullying" policy that had just been implemented in my school....
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...Juvenile Justice 11/28/12 Bullying Amongst Teenagers Bullying in this country has gone from something every child once went through at some point during their childhood years to something children are taking their lives because of. This situation has been growing and with the advances in technology bullying is become more difficult to control. The youth in this country has had the opportunity to grow up with the most technological advances, and because of this they understand and now know ways to take traditional bullying at school and bring into homes and over the Internet. Bullying is defined as a person who uses strength or power to harm or intimidate those who are weaker. Bullies use superior strength or influence to intimidate (someone), typically to force him or her to do what one wants. (http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/10999-bully.html) One of the most recent cases of bullying is the story of Amanda Todd, who was a 15-year-old girl who committed suicide after being bullied in school as well as over the Internet. This story is not only very depressing but is a perfect example how bullying might lead someone beyond the limit and cause them to take their own life. According to Van Goethem, studies on this population show that 3-27% of the children bully, and 9-32% are bullied once a week or more (Van Goethem et al, pg.1). With reports indicating that 93% of teens are active users of the Internet and 75% own a cell phone, up from 45% in 2004, there is great...
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...Bullying: Finding the Ultimate Solution In today’s society everyone has heard the word bullying be thrown around, and it has become a growing concern. Bullying can be defined as the use of force, threat, or pressure to abuse, intimidate, or aggressively dominate others. In today's society, Bullying happens daily, whether it happens at school, the babysitter, or sports practice. There needs to be more awareness on bullying; at times it seems to be swept under the rug, ignore it and it will get better. This seams to be the best way to deal with anything that is not understood, get rid of the evidence and everything will be better. But it is not getting better, daily you hear of a child losing their life due to the effects of bullying, whether it be from death, or depression. No child should have to feel the effects of this, or have to live this daily because it is easier to ignore the situation than to find a solution. Hurtful words and actions taking place in the schools are unfortunate not only for the victim but also the bully and the bystanders; Bullying is out of hand and needs to be stopped. Children and young adults who are bullied tend to have a low self-esteem, and little to no confidence which can make them dread going to school. The effects of bullying are many, it starts with low self-esteem and according to researchers serious cases of bullying can end in suicide or murder. This is not only hard on the victim and the bully, but it is also hard on the parents,...
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...How not to be a victim of Cyberbullying Abstract: Bullying is a persistent willful act by an individual or a group to intimidate or hurt a weaker-than-bully victim. Cyber bullying in the social media is a very dangerous problem, especially because the major users of social networks are youngsters and adolescents who themselves are the top targets of conventional bullying. Bullying of any form causes deep scars in the psyche of the victim and at times may be even fatal. It is important to understand the causes, consequences of bullying which this report addresses. Introduction to the problem Bullying is generally an aggressive act intentionally designed to cause hurt, bodily/mental, to a person of lower power strata. Cyber bullying is a version of bullying in a digital world, where almost no bodily harm is met. In the United States, cyber-bullying is legally defined as “cyber-bullying could be limited to posting rumors or gossips about a person in the internet bringing about hatred in other’s minds; or it may go to the extent of personally identifying victims and publishing materials severely defaming and humiliating them” (Definitions.uslegal.com, 2015). Other definition of cyberbullying (Menesini & Spiel, 2012), has been more general not restricted to legal point of view, incorporating the electronic nature of the issue and specifically outlining the methods used for such bullying. Statistics indicate that between a substantial proportion (20-40%) of the children...
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