Bullies in K-12 are typical, and bullies may include students, administrators, counselors, teachers, bus drivers, employees, coaches, parents, news media, community leaders, neighbors, and volunteers. An organization or community comprising many independently managed and freelance groups can be challenging to analyze concerning the culture and environment, and the diagnosis of system problems perpetuating the cycle of bullying-like abusive behaviors. Often, embedded bullying retention mechanisms and incomplete organizational policies and procedures allow bullies to remain and even claim higher positions of power. Bully retention mechanisms in supportive and informal groups, such as community leaders, neighbors, volunteers, and public media, may also shape perceptions of the rightness of bully-type behaviors. In general, creating bullies begins with toxic internal and external environments and reward systems that make managing the damage a bully can do to themselves and others challenging. - Dr. Stewart
An Organizational Approach to Workplace Bullying
