SBM3204 Workplace Bullying Serious US Case Study 2022

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction....................................................................................................................2
2. Workplace bullying warrants legal action..............................................................................2
2.1. Person related bullying:...................................................................................................3
2.2. Work-related bullying.....................................................................................................3
2.3. Detrimental impacts of workplace bullying....................................................................3
2.4. Legal recourse.................................................................................................................4
3. Workplace bullying does not warrant legal action.................................................................5
3.1. Adverse effects of the legal warrant against workplace bullying....................................5
3.2. Implications for managers and employees......................................................................6
4. Conclusion..............................................................................................................................7
References..................................................................................................................................8

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Is workplace bullying serious enough to warrant legal actions?
1. Introduction
Bullying can be defined as those repetitive practices and actions that are encouraged
upon one or many individuals who are considered as unwanted victims. In organizations, the
actions can be done unconsciously or deliberately but create humiliation, distress and offence
which might interfere with overall work performances, thereby creating an unwanted
workplace environment (Kalwala and Chirunomula, 2017, p. 480). From the given question,
it is clear that around one-third of employees experience some kind of workplace bullying
behaviour that not only causes a toxic workplace environment but also hampers bullied
person's mental and physical stamina. Therefore, bullying in the workplace warrant strict
legal actions. However, adversaries of it believe that laws against workplace bullying can
restrict the manager's capabilities to manage and hence the issues must be solved internally
rather than involving legal laws. In this light, this report will form a debate surrounding the
topic of workplace bullying warrants legal action or not.
2. Workplace bullying warrants legal action
Workplace bullying seems to be persistent within all most every organization where
employees face aggressive behaviour or mistreatment due to others behaviour. Layman began
his investigation in the year 1980 to examine workplace condition in Sweden and his work
came into limelight and was followed by researchers in Finland, US and Germany (Robert,
2018, p. 12). Bullying behaviour can take place at any organizational level including
superiors, co-workers, subordinates and colleagues. Unlike bullying taking place in other