Is there a "case suitable for treatment" in your team ?

Question

I read this Yahoo answer
< Here is a description of the office bully.

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A workplace bully subjects the
target to unjustified criticism and trivial faultfinding.
In addition, he or she humiliates the target, especially in front of others, and ignores, overrules, isolates and excludes the target. If the bully is the target's superior, he or she may: set the target up for failure by setting unrealistic goals or deadlines, or denying necessary information and
resources; either overload the target with work or take all work away (sometimes replacing proper work with demeaning jobs); or increase responsibility while removing authority. Regardless of specific tactics, the
intimidation is driven by the bully's need to control others.
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I read this and realised "we have a problem".

Answer 1

All people are to be treated as ends in themselves and not merely as means to an other selfish end. All people are needing positive treatment according to their illness or imperfections for the goal of positive social human being. For most of us we do not live to work we work to live, but this does not mean in its self that our service is of no purpose or positive value for an other, on the contrary we know that at least the intent or stated service description is positive. We know this more so if we need the service for our self.

'The agreement or non-agreement of an action with the law, without reference to its motive, is its legality; and that character of the action in which the idea of duty arising from the law at the same time forms the motive of the action, is its morality.'

http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/ethics/kant/morals/ch03.htm

'The principle which makes a certain action a duty is a practical law. The rule of the agent or actor, which he forms as a principle for himself on subjective grounds, is called his maxim. Hence, even when the law is one and invariable, the maxims of the agent may yet be very different. '

'On the other hand, the principle of duty is what reason absolutely, and therefore objectively and universally, lays down in the form of a command to the individual, as to how he ought to act. The supreme principle of the science of morals accordingly is this: “Act according to a maxim which can likewise be valid as a universal law.” Every maxim which is not qualified according to this condition is contrary to Morality.'

Answer 2

I once worked for this 'bully' person. He took the first shift, I took the second and someone else took the third. I would relieve the 'bully' who was also the supervisor. I would be given a list of work the 'bully' had not done during the day and was expected to do his as well as my own. Much of the 'bully's' work time was spent calling his wife to make sure she was doing precisely what he had told her to do. When I realized I was doing the work for him as well as myself I transferred to another department. Administration did not want me to leave so I got a doctor's statement and there was no choice. The person on the third shift would simply go home and go to bed after he picked up the keys at the beginning of the shift and brought the keys back the next morning. Since that time the third shift person has resigned and no one has stayed in the department for more than a few months. Finally the department was closed. If it's your boss you have a very difficult problem, like a slave and master.

Answer 3

Hi ffantasizing, you are so right on! this is a problem, I just quit a job I absolutely loved due to office bullies, I am sure this happens to alot of people, and it's is a serious problem,
especially for good people who need these jobs just live a decent life, but bullies don't care about that at all.

Answer 4

I don't understand what you mean by" Is there a "case suitable for treatment" in your team ? " I have worked at places where there was bullies and work at a place now where some of the least employees has gotten jobs that allow them to force their view on people who understand the job much better than they do. There are two who come to mind who are so far in left field but has a job that allow them to force others to do as they say.
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Answer 5

there are bullies every where