Employing And Harassment: Bullying In The Workplace

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Issue:
Bullying in the workforce between younger people is not the only problem in the schools, the kids learn their behaviour from their parents or students that are in another year level this is similar to the workforce, a co-worker can be starting that day and then observe how their experienced peers are behaving and think that its okay. Workplace bullying is once of the biggest issues amongst young adults who focus more on bullying a lower member of the staff rather than complete their daily workload. Bullying in the workplace is usually verbal, physical, social or psychological abuse by an employer, manager or another person from a group of people at work. Workplace bullying can happen at anytime on the worksite and anywhere such as offices to shops, cafes, restaurants, workshops, community groups and government organisations. Workplace bullying can happen to volunteers, work experience students, interns, and apprentices, casual and permanent employees (Bullying and Harassment, n.d). Bullying is a big hazard that has the potential to harm a person because of the wrong doings of another; it also creates a psychological risk, as there is a possibility that a person may be harmed if exposed to it. (APA Center for Organizational Excellence, 2014)
Choice:
I decided to choose this topic to research because I know what bullying is like in a workplace where it is easy to get bullied, Schools where it is very common in young kids to pick up on the behavioural patterns of other