Manager Charged with Involuntary Manslaughter in Suicide Death of Bullied Teen

[Pcdunn]

I don't know. Some people are just easy pickings for bullying and abuse. This guy looks like he's one such example.

I agree. He was described as being overweight and having a speech impediment. That may be invite abuse, but is it really his fault?

[Harry D]

I think we've gone way past the point of common sense with regard to "bullying". Also, I have to think that when someone is being targetted by multiple, unrelated people - classmates don't like him, boss doesn't like him, neighbors don't like him - he's doing something to invite abuse.

I don't know. Some people are just easy pickings for bullying and abuse. This guy looks like he's one such example.

[Ginger]

I sometimes think that we are getting a bit delicate with some if this. Maybe not in this particular case, but it seems that if a boss kicks an employees but (figuratively) for not doing their job, it can be classified as bullying in some of these descriptions.

I think we've gone way past the point of common sense with regard to "bullying". Also, I have to think that when someone is being targetted by multiple, unrelated people - classmates don't like him, boss doesn't like him, neighbors don't like him - he's doing something to invite abuse.

[GUT]

I sometimes think that we are getting a bit delicate with some if this. Maybe not in this particular case, but it seems that if a boss kicks an employees but (figuratively) for not doing their job, it can be classified as bullying in some of these descriptions.

[Pcdunn]

But what is bullying?

https://nobullying.com/what-is-workplace-bullying/

Bullying can occur in families, at school, and at the workplace. Different agencies and states in the USA have provided rules and guidelines for persons who are victims or witnesses of this behavior. I have had training offered by my state, because we are a state-funded institution of higher education.

I have learned that in the United Kingdom, there are laws against "mobbing", which is when a group of people target another individual in their workplace.

[GUT]

But what is bullying?

[Pcdunn]

It is also a lot easier to watch bullying be done in front of you and say nothing, than to intervene (especially with the boss), but all of us need to get brave enough to take that difficult step and speak up!

[Harry D]

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/...sXX?li=BBnbfcL

c.d.

Got to agree with the person in the comments who said that this woman has been scapegoated. Sounds like this poor kid was bullied by everyone but it's a lot easier to punish one individual than make everyone accountable for their actions (those who bullied him and those who did nothing to stop it).

[c.d.]

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/...sXX?li=BBnbfcL

c.d.