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Dear colleagues,

 

I'm curious if anyone knows of a behavior checklist of different intervening behaviors one might engage in when witnessing a bullying situation? Any suggestions or relevant citations would be greatly appreciated.

 

Best,

Malissa

 

Malissa A. Clark, Ph. D.

Assistant Professor

Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Auburn University

226 Thach Hall, office #221

Auburn, AL 36849

 

(tel) 334-844-6475

(fax) 334-844-4447

clarkm@auburn.edu

http://www.auburn.edu/~mac0049/pages/

 

I posted a similar request on another listserv. Here is the response I received, with the (copyrighted) handout.

Kurt, I'm attaching a handout that a guest speaker used in a faculty presentation for my department last year. As you can see, it's copyrighted, so shouldn't be reproduced without permission, but I thought it might give you some ideas for your panel discussion. Our speaker, who does a lot of consulting in higher ed on this topic, noted that most faculty engage in routine breaches, particularly in their interactions with students, but haven't a clue that they're doing so. Many of our faculty were surprised at the kinds of examples our speaker cited (some of which are referenced on the handout), and, since she also cited legal ramifications (i.e., FERPA violations; harassment claims), everyone paid attention -- quite an accomplishment for a faculty meeting! The speaker suggested that we begin each academic year with a brief discussion of civility in all professional relationships/circumstances, citing specific examples pertinent to our own activities.

Kurt