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Oscar Yildiz, CEO, Bully Zero Australia Foundation delivered this presentation at the Inaugural Workplace Bullying Conference. This event brings together HR, WHS Managers, Workplace Psychologists and Academics to discuss policy and practices for combatting workplace bullying. Find out more at http://www.informa.com.au/workplacebullying_13
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BULLY ZERO
AUSTRALIA
FOUNDATION
A Safer Nation For Every
Generation
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ABOUT BULLY ZERO Who are we?
Volunteers,
Teachers,
Counsellors & Psychologists,
Police officers,
Lawyers,
IT specialists,
Cyber safety Experts & Families,
Why the Foundation?
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WHY IT’S IMPORTANT?
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ALLEM HALKIC
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SHENIZ
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Bad things happen
when good people
stay idle
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BZAF OPENING
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MISSION
Safer Nation For Every Generation
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MISSION Build a community of Zero Tolerance,
Raise awareness - effects of bullying - via schools & workplaces,
Offer awareness training seminars,
Develop resources & tools,
24 hour hotline - immediate support, assistance - someone to talk/vent to,
2014 - reach out to Australians & offer support.
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VISION
To protect & empower
Australians to live a
fulfilling life free from
all forms of Bullying
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IMPACT Energy into helping the young but
we also cater to employees & employers,
Duty of care & emotional wellbeing,
Bullying = negative impacts on psychological wellbeing, stress, depression & inability to function,
Leads to negative outcomes:
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IMPACT Productivity, motivation, reputation & potential legal
action,
Potential loss of good staff, (bullied, or bystanders that
cannot tolerate a toxic workplace - irreparable damage
to reputation),
Advent of technology means bad
press & negative information is
instant – hard to hide from
stigma of running a workplace
that is considered to be passive
against bullying.
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PERSONAL IMPACT Unimagined misery:
Disruption to career,
Devastate family life,
Relationships deteriorate,
Children,
Significant risk to Occupational health & safety.
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IMPACT “Employees health & well-being maybe severely affected in situations where they’re persistently exposed to tyrannical, offensive or intimidating behaviours by their superiors or colleagues, some develop symptoms such as PTSD, a diagnosis commonly used to describe the symptom pattern displayed by victims of highly traumatic events such a natural disasters, violent assaults, rape & torture”. (Bjorkqvist, Lemann & Gustafsson)
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IMPACT
Anxiety, fatigue & panic attacks,
Clinical depression,
Shame, guilt, self worth, hatred & doubt,
Feelings of injustice,
Isolated, alienated & alone,
Insecurity & suspicious.
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IMPACT
Physical health & loss of strength,
Confidence personality/mood change, bipolar & eating disorders,
Stress - major recognised cause, (symptoms include: low self-esteem, sleep problems, anxiety, concentration, chronic fatigue & anger).
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IMPACT Concentration/memory impaired, vulnerable & limited right to express feelings & opinions,
Aches, pains, headaches, sweating, palpitations, tiredness, nausea, ulcers, skin rashes, digestive problems, musculoskeletal disorders, numbness, loss of interest in sex, high blood pressure, irritable bowel syndrome & illnesses affecting organs & kidneys.
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ADULTS & BULLYING
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ADULTS & BULLYING Most perceive adults to be immune,
Misconception - adults are resilient & bullying doesn’t affect them as it would a child,
Like schoolyard bullies - most obvious & easiest-to-detect (swearing, taunting, put-downs & physical abuse),
Most common is insidious form of subtle intimidation: i.e. silence/rolling of eyeballs when target walks into room, negative comments/spreading malicious gossip to co-workers, not being invited to crucial meetings/events, stripped of critical duties & constantly set up to fail).
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BYSTANDER EFFECT
Victim
Bystander
Bully
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BYSTANDER EFFECT Most instances are witnessed by?
Reality 25 % of people are bullied,
50% have witnessed bullying.
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HELPFUL BYSTANDERS
Intervene
Assist
Support
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HELPFUL BYSTANDER Some directly intervene - discouraging bully,
defending victim & redirecting situation away,
Others seek help - rallying support from peers to
stand up – report to management,
Approach victim - empathy & validation of the bullied
person’s feelings are reassuring,
Bystander is the catalyst for victim to speak up, lets
victim know they’re not alone, in most cases bullied
person does have overwhelming feelings of isolation,
alienation & loneliness.
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BYSTANDER THEORY
Less than 20% More than 80% of the time
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BYSTANDER
If Bystander intervenes or says
something, bullying will cease in
less than 10 seconds,
Nobody likes to see someone being
bullied, but more than 80% of the
time, they will not act.
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BYSTANDER
APPREHENSION Pressure
Anxiety
Powerless Fear
Guilt
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BYSTANDER Bystanders who don’t intervene or don’t report suffer
negative consequences.
May experience:
Pressure to participate,
Anxiety about speaking to someone about the bullying,
Powerlessness to stop bullying,
Fear of associating with victim or bully,
Guilt for not having defended victim.
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HURTFUL BYSTANDERS
Instigate Encourage Participate Passively
accept
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HURTFUL BYSTANDER Instigate by prodding bully to begin,
Encourage by laughing & make comments that
further stimulate the bully,
Join in once it’s begun, most commonly through
exclusion of victim,
Passively accept by watching & doing nothing -
without realising - these bystanders contribute to the
issue,
Passive bystanders provide an audience (the bully
craves on this & the silent acceptance allows bully
to continue hurtful behaviour).
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BE PART OF SOLUTION
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HURTFUL BYSTANDER Greater no of bystanders, less likely anyone will help?
Programmed to shy away from confronting situations & tell ourselves or even believe that:
“Someone else will do it”, “someone else will intervene”, “someone else will find a solution”,
Why don’t we step up & BE that “someone else”? Doesn’t take a lot of effort, doesn’t need to be direct intervention - all it takes is:
Empathy & see what they’re going through, this affects their ability to function, do their jobs & will cast dark shadow over personal lives with their kids, partners & friends.
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POWER OF 1 If you’re passive - almost as bad as being the bully?
Stretching the mark but importance of bystander is
enormous - support or direct intervener,
Power of 1 isn't to be underestimated, makes difference
between how the victim perceives the situation & actual
reality of the unacceptable behaviour going on,
Can make difference between them continuing to suffer
or speaking out & having issue handled.
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BULLY ZERO AUSTRALIA
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BULLY ZERO Can’t be in every school, workplace, or online
space, but we will continue to speak out &
step up & stand up,
Have made it 1 of our greatest missions to
inform Australians about the importance of
the bystander,
Looking out for each other & speaking out
when we see something that isn’t right, we are
making the world a better place, one person at
a time.
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“The world is a dangerous place,
not because of those who do evil,
BUT
because of those who look on
& do nothing”.
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WHERE TO FROM HERE?
www.bzaf.org.au
1800 0 BULLY (28559)
Oscar – 0413 850 357
@BullyZeroOz
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