Bullying
in the workplace - What is workplace bullying?
This
is an abuse of power or position to coerce others by fear,
persecution or to oppress them by force or threat. It is
an offensive discrimination. It can take so many forms and
can occur in a variety of situations and crosses gender,
age, race and can involve just one person or a number of
people.
Employees
are discriminated against by undermining them, hurting and
humiliating them. These attitudes can make their lives a
misery that can affect their work performance and damage
their careers.
Bullies
are often insecure people who do not trust others and see
them as a threat to their own positions and can cause suffering
to the person be bullied by shouting, personal insults,
public humiliation, undervaluing effort and negative personal
criticism.
It
is a gradual wearing down process that makes individuals
feels demeaned and inadequate, that they can never get anything
right and that they are made to feel hopeless in both their
work environment and domestic life. Many individuals who
bully will justify their behaviour as a necessary means
of motivating an employee in the highly competitive commercial
environment that business is in today.
The
effect on the employer is not productive.
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**
January 2007 Celebrity Big Brother on Channel 4 **
The
uproar over the serial mocking of an Indian Bollywood film
star Shilpa Shetty, 31 in the British reality TV Celebrity
Big Brother show threatened to become an international incident
Wednesday 17th January 2007 as officials of both nations
expressed concern over allegations of racism. Shilpa Shetty
has been repeatedly reduced to tears by fellow contestant
Jade Goody, who has called the actress' cooking untrustworthy,
mocked her accent and complained about her "screeching."
The Indian government said it was keeping tabs on the situation.
Prime
Minister Tony Blair's likely successor, Chancellor of the
Exchequer, Gordon Brown, condemned the conduct of some of
the show's contestants. In New Delhi, Anand Sharma, India's
junior minister for external affairs, said the government
is preparing a report on the show.
Channel
4 has issued a statement regarding the ongoing allegations
of racism and bullying in the Big Brother house -
"To
date there has been no overt racial abuse or racist behaviour
directed against Shilpa Shetty within the Big Brother house.
However there has undoubtedly been a cultural and class
clash between her and three of the British females in the
house.
"Unambiguous
racist behaviour and language is not tolerated under any
circumstances in the Big Brother house. Housemates are constantly
monitored and Channel 4 would intervene if a clear instance
of this arose.
"It
is in the nature of Big Brother that conflicts arise and
housemates are encouraged to resolve issues among themselves.
"Shilpa
has not voiced any concerns of racial abuse to Big Brother.
Housemates have access to support from Big Brother at all
times.
"The
issue of whether there is racism in the CBB House has been
discussed on Channel 4's companion programmes CBBLB and
BB's BM and a range of views has been aired, including those
of BB viewers."
Over
20,000 complaints have been sent to Ofcom and Channel 4
over allegations of racism and bullying, a statistic that
has broken the record for the most-complained about show
in UK television history. On Friday January 19th "007
Jade Goody was voted out of the Big Brother house.
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Training and Consultancy takes no responsibility for the
accuracy of the Big Brother Bullying allegations information
above.
SEE
ALSO: More problems for Big Brother on Channel 4 and Alan
Sugar accused of Sexism after Apprentice quits - June 2007
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