Bullying In The Workplace

Name calling, humiliation and harassment: Bullies have taken their tactics from the schoolyard to the boardroom, where it may cause more emotional damage according to researchers. A study on workplace bullying suggests the problem is so severe that it causes more problems for workers than sexual harassment. Why? It is more subtle and usually condoned as tough management practices. Some say there need to be laws on the books to protect workers from bully bosses. Others say personnel issues should be sorted out in the office. Guest host Ted Chen takes your calls on the subject and talks with Gary Namie, PhD, and Ruth Namie, Ph,D., co-founders, of The Workplace Bullying Institute, and Robert Sutton, Professor of Management Science and Engineering in the Stanford Engineering School, and author of a book on workplace bullies, about the issue.