Cyberbullying: The power of social networking
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Social networking sites have created an open space for cyberbullying to occur within the workplace, becoming a particularly vulnerable and often not addressed issue. Cyberbullying is a cruel weapon of bullying which is repeated psychological behaviour that involves the misuse of power by an individual towards a person. Focusing on cyberbullying in the workplace, there are countless effects it can have towards the victims future.
Social networking has made it much easier for bullying to occur in the workplace.
“The rise of technology in the workplace has an unfortunate side effect: the potential for threatening behaviour between individuals”. (Kubicek, 2008) With the range of popular social …show more content…
(Monks et al., 2009) It is recognised that different workplaces have different views of acceptable behaviour. Employers have a duty of care to provide a safe working environment for their employees. Workplaces need to keep pace with technological advances and update and enforce a bullying policy act. For the victims, they must release and regulate those feelings by telling somebody they can trust or speak to a psychologist about the symptoms they are experiencing. Certain features of networking sites provide the option of blocking individuals from mutual contact and are a way of combating the issue, as well as reporting the situation to authority.
Conclusion
Social networking sites have created an open space for cyberbullying to occur within the workplace, becoming a particularly vulnerable and often not addressed issue. It is clear that cyberbullying is not limited and the consequences can be far-reaching and permanently damage the psyche of victims. Remember, it is possible to combat this new and dangerous strain of