Bullying case histories
Case | Sector | Features |
1 | Voluntary | Charity shop |
2 | Public sector | Customer services manager for software development department in a government organisation being privatised |
3 | Voluntary | Community fundraiser for a large local branch of a national charity |
4 | Public | Police officer, law enforcement |
5 | Private | Retail sector, photography |
6 | Public, education | Senior Manager and Head of Special Needs Faculty in a large comprehensive school |
7 | Public, NHS | Large central London NHS Trust, private instrument evaluations |
8 | Private | Fish processing industry |
9 | Family | Bullying in rhyme |
10 | Charity | Collating, developing and promoting Primary Healthcare Information |
11 | Public, education | Further education, secretarial typing and administration |
12 | Private | Aerospace manufacturing company, shop floor production worker and labourer. |
14 | Public | Australian public sector |
15 | Public, education | University |
16 | Community | Neighbourhood bullying and harassment of shop owner |
17 | Charity | Administrator in a children's nursery |
18 | Public | NHS Trust orthopaedic department |
19 | Private | Motor trade |
20 | Community | Bullying by landlord of protected tenant |
21 | Public | Community nursing |
22 | Not-for-profit | Bullying and harassment of receptionist in credit reporting company |
23 | Private | Musical instrument manufacturer |
24 | Public | Police force |
25 | Public | Top university research centre |
26 | Private | Nursing home |
27 | Public | Museum |
28 | Private | Secretary in a TV broadcasting company |
29 | Public | Medical secretary in NHS hospital |
30 | Community | Personal vendetta |
31 | Public | Local government |
32 | Public | Care of learning-disable adults |
33 | Public | Central government |
34 | Private | Global communications company |
35 | Private | Legal services company |
36 | Private | Chauffeur |
38 | Public | Corrections institute working with youthful male offenders |
39 | Public | Public health senior analyst in the NHS |
40 | Private | Bullying of choir boys in church school |
41 | Private | Production assistant for a marketing communications company |
42 | Public | NHS network and system support IT department |
43 | Private | Accounts department in a small private company |
44 | Public | Social services home care |
45 | Private | News media |
47 | Private | Residential care home |
48 | Public | Bullying in school |
49 | Private | Call centre |
50 | Private | Solicitor's office |
51 | Private | Stress breakdown in a utility corporation |
52 | Private | Legal profession |
53 | Private | Bullying by staff in pre-school |
55 | Private | A well-known high-street retailer |
56 | Private | Construction industry |
57 | Public - education | Art and Special Needs Teacher in a State School |
58 | Public - school | Memories of being beaten up at school |
59 | Private | Legal secretary in a small law firm |
60 | Not for profit | Senior manager's administrative support worker in a national charity |
61 | Social | Destruction of social life and relationships |
62 | Private | Manager in a heavy chemical company |
63 | Public | Australian local government |
64 | Private | Abuse in a boys preparatory school |
65 | Public | NHS |
66 | Community | Bullying by a neighbor |
68 | Public - education | Pupil Referral Unit (PRU) |
69 | Public | Australian State Public Service |
70 | Charity | Charity for the protection of health and the relief of poverty, distress and sickness |
71 | Community | Neighbour and former friend |
72 | Public | Local government |
73 | Private | Private business |
74 | Public | Teaching assistant in a USA university |
75 | Public | Australian university |
76 | Voluntary | Voluntary sector agency |
77 | Private | Automotive component manufacturer |
78 | Public | Secretary in a USA university |
79 | Public | Medical secretary in NHS Trust |
80 | Voluntary | Counselling / helping type of organisation |
81 | Private | Private agency supporting adults with learning disabilities |
82 | Public | Grammar School in Australia |
83 | Public | Bullying of doctor by a secretary |
84 | Private | Certified nursing assistant in a care home |
85 | Public | An experienced teacher comments on bullying in the teaching profession |
86 | Public | Health Care Professional in the NHS |
87 | Public | Grammar school in England |
88 | Public | Public sector in the USA |
89 | Private | House Matron at a well known English public school |
90 | Private | Underwriter in a national mortgage company |
91 | Public | Primary school in Australia |
92 | Public | Small school system in the USA |
93 | Voluntary | Charity for people with alcohol problems |
94 | Public | Administrator in a small local government organisation |
95 | Public | Security manager in an Australia University |
96 | Private | Private medical practice |
97 | Public | School sports |
98 | Private | US defense contractor |
99 | Family | Bullies in the family |
100 | Private | Computing industry |
101 | Family | Family bullying |
102 | Public | Education system in Western Australia |
103 | Private | Turning the tide against the office browbeater |
104 | Public | Failure of MOD to deal with workplace harassment |
105 | Public | Proofreader |
106 | Public | County council |
Important Notice
After ten years of almost non-stop work Tim Field has decided to take a break so he can concentrate on writing. His projects include a book on serial bullies (estimated availability: 2005), and a book on the spiritual meaning within trauma. A film script featuring bullying at work is also under way.
Tim thanks you for your understanding that he is not able to
include more case histories at this time whilst he's immersed in the writing process.Visit Tim's online bookshop for books on bullying and psychiatric injury available now.
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