A worker is bullied and harassed when someone takes an action that they knew or reasonably ought to have known would cause that worker to be humiliated or intimidated. When an employer or supervisor takes reasonable action to manage and direct workers, it is not bullying and harassment (see OH...
PROBLEM: On January 5, 2011, Governor Chris Christie signed anti-bullying legislation into law meant to address harassment, intimidation, and bullying (HIB) within our schools. This legislation, known as the Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights, stated all schools must adopt comprehensive anti-bullying ...
Evidence on workplace bullying and harassment (WBH) in the UK has not used probability-sample surveys with robust mental health assessments. This study aimed to profile the prevalence and nature of WBH in England, identify inequalities in WBH exposure, and quantify adjusted associations with mental...
To pass legislation there needs to be a consistent and clear definition; different studies have defined or referred to it differently (e.g., cyberbullying, cyberstalking, cyber-harassment, and cyber-victimisation) (Campbell & Završnik, 2013). This clearly poses a challenge and therefore a ...
If understood this way, stalking turns into a very broadly applicable concept and it becomes very difficult to define when relatively harmless behavior should be considered stalking. Nevertheless, today there is a tendency to broaden the terms "bullying", "stalking" and "harassment" which can be ...
Cyberbullying is a prevalent phenomenon, however little is known about its legality.On a review of UK legislation, a number of provisions may cover cyberbu... A El Asam,M Samara - 《Computers in Human Behavior》 被引量: 12发表: 2016年 SCHOOL RESPONSE TO CYBERBULLYING AND SEXTING: THE LE...
Cyberbullying is a new form of bullying that includes systematic harassment of a victim or a group of victims by using information and communication technologies (ICTs). Although the research on cyberbullying began in the early 2000s and a series of meta-analyses have been published, most of ...
s liability for the psychological effects of bullying and harassment in the workplace in Ireland, comparing the position in the UK. It notes the difference in approach taken in these countries to the duty to avoid negligently inflicted psychiatric harm. It then goes on to examine the limited ...
2014). The most recent survey by the U.S. Department of Education (Lessne and Yanez 2016) showed a decrease in overall bullying, but middle school rates stayed the same. Other negative indicators such as verbal abuse of teachers, sexual harassment, and student fear decreased slightly....
The double punch of workplace bullying/harassment leading to depression: legal and other measures to help South African employers ward off a fatal blow Recommendations are made to overcome these and other lacunae in the legal framework. However, since it will take more than laws and codes to wa...