The WBI definition: workplace bullying is repeated, health-harming mistreatment by one or more employees of an employee: abusive conduct that takes the form of verbal abuse; or behaviors perceived as threatening, intimidating, or humiliating; work sabotage; or in some combination of the above.

It was originally called “mobbing” in Sweden by the international pioneer, Heinz Leymann. The British reporter-turned-advocate Andrea Adams coined the term workplace bullying. The Namies imported the term to the U.S.

Abuse at work is the only form of abuse in America that is not yet taboo. All other forms have been condemned – abuse of children, spouses, partners – while bullying at work is still considered a normal, inevitable or even a necessary business practice.

Abuse is unconscionable. Visit WBI Tutorials to learn all about it.