Workplace Harassment (Bullying) and its Health and Ethical Concerns

One of the pressing issues in any workplace environment is not only optimizing working and maintaining a healthy environment of the workplace but also keeping a check and balance of employee relationships and maintenance of peerless interaction among the employee, head, and other staff members of the organization. Workplace harassment is one of the imperative issues in the workplace throughout the world, regardless of geographical discrimination. Obnoxious and biased conduct is lawfully considered harassment when it is distressing enough to adversely affect a workplace habitat. There is a general lack of awareness among the masses in a working environment about workplace harassment; people often fail to recognize the harassment until and unless they find themselves at the receiving end of extreme delinquency and abuse. This chapter will elaborate upon the ethical concerns underlying workplace attitude with special reference to bullying in the workplace and its outcome. Some ways to tackle these abnormalities will also be made part of the discussion to let the readers know the right way out, whether they are the boss, the subordinate or a colleague suffering from bullying at a workplace.

Keywords: Association of women for action and research, Bullying, Causative factors, Ethical dilemmas, Human resource management, Impacts, Limitations, Professional discrimination, Survey reports, Strategic planning, Suggestions, Workplace harassment, Workplace bullying, Workplace bullying institute.