Unit 25 1.1 Define the following types of abuse: Physical abuse: Physical abuse is defined as; Inflicting, or threatening to inflict, physical pain or injury to a vulnerable elder. Physical abuse can also include depriving them of basic needs such as food, medicines, or giving too much medication. Physical abuse accounts for 25% of all abuse cases of elder abuse. This type of abuse includes punching, pushing, shaking, pinching, burning, force feeding, and any sort of physical punishment or restraint. Signs of abuse include physical signs as well as sudden changes in behaviour or refusal of a caregiver to allow visitors to see an elder alone.
Examples are instant messaging, text messaging, blog, emails, etc. cyber bullying through proxy is when the bully gets someone else to do their dirty work. Cyber bullying by proxy is consider the most dangerous type do cyber bullying because adults often get involved and majority of the time the adults are unaware that they are bullying a child. Statistics says that nearly 46% of kids have been bullied online. 70% of students report seeing bullying online.
Bullying in Schools Before we can discuss the different types of bullying, we must first have an understanding of what bullying is. Bullying is an aggressive behavior that involves unwanted negative actions; a pattern of behavior repeated over time and involves an imbalance of power or strength. Bullying has many different versions. It can include physical which consists of hitting, slapping, and shoving in a hurtful way, just to name a few. There's also verbal, and some examples of this are name calling, put downs, threats and intimidation.
Drug Abuse today affects many people in many places; it tears apart families, countries and even leading to war. It is a major problem within our society, affecting even the most innocent of people. Marijuana alone creates economic and moral issues within the United States. Just one example: over 100 million people above the age of 12 admitted to using marijuana alone at least once in their life that was 40.01 percent of the surveyed people. If such a large percentage of people have used illegal drugs it causes the need for two questions: How many of these people go to prison per year?
Other phrases and words they go on to use are; “drag-out fight”, “sits alone in the principals office”, “tears streaming”, “By power, we mean differences in strength, confidence, status or aggressiveness”, “gender-related”, “a bullied student is a terrorized youth” and lastly “breaking the bullying cycle”. These quotes from the article have so much emotion in them they make you feel fro the seven you old, or better yet all kids who get bullied. It makes you want to put a stop to it immediately. The writers used logos in the paper also. They quoted several people; Dan Olweus a forerunner in bullying research and prevention, Dr. Jessie Klein and Astor Meyer and Behre.
<BR> Although many people think that drug testing is a nuscience, it is essentialto improve the workplace. Seventy-four percent of all drug users are employed,and one out of every six has a serious drug problem! Would you want them working for you? Plus, the financial impact on business is severely staggering because of drug using employees (Psychemedics, 1). <br> According to federal experts, ten to twenty-three percent of Americans <br>have used or currently using dangerous drugs while on the job, and forty-four <br>percent of drug users even admit to selling drugs on the job.
Physical bullying includes any physical contact that would hurt or injure a person. Then one of the most common is verbal bullying which includes name calling, making offensive remarks, or joking about the way someone looks. Indirect bullying includes spreading rumors or telling others about something that was told to you in private. Social alienation is when a bully excludes someone from the group on purpose. Intimidation is when a bully threatens someone in to doing what they want and last but not least is cyber bullying, which is close to being the most common, is done by sending messages, pictures, or information using an electronic source such as computer or cell phones.
They also stated that Hispanics are the most bullied at 52% of the Hispanic workforce has been bullied or observed it, with African Americans at 46% and Whites at 33%. Some examples of bullying include unwarranted criticism, blame without justification, being singled out of a group, being sworn out, exclusion or isolation, being shouted at or humiliated, excessive monitoring, and being given work with unrealistic. I personally have witnessed all of these actions in my place of work. I also would say that nine out of ten employees at my workplace have been bullied in one way or another. A recent Health and
Bullying in the workplace is in the majority of cases reported as having been perpetrated by management - the impact is usually critical to both the individuals and the business. Employees physical and mental health problems: o High stress; post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) o Financial problems due to absence o Reduced self-esteem o Sleep and digestive disturbances o Increased depression/self-blame o Family tension and stress Kareem S. Al Tobgy Organizational behavior - ESLSCA 37C Impact on Organizations: Each of the individual consequences listed above can be very costly for the organization. Costs of bullying generally fall into three categories: o o o Replacing staff members that leave as a result of being bullied, cost of training new employees. Work effort being displaced as staff cope with bullying incidents (i.e., effort being directed away from work productivity and towards coping) Costs associated with investigations of ill treatment and potential legal
International Journal of Manpower 20,1/2 16 The nature and causes of bullying at work University of Bergen, Norway Keywords Bullying, Conflict, Harassment, Occupational health, Organizational behaviour, Work psychology Abstract The present paper reviews and summarises the research and literature on the nature and causes of bullying at work. Bullying occurs when someone at work is systematically subjected to aggressive behaviour from one or more colleagues or superiors over a long period of time, in a situation where the target finds it difficult to defend him or herself or to escape the situation. Such treatment tends to stigmatise the target and may even cause severe psychological trauma. Empirical studies on the causes of bullying have concentrated on the personality of the victim and psychosocial factors at work. Most studies treat bullying as a unified phenomenon, in spite of the fact that different kinds of behaviours are involved.