Cyber bullying: the hidden dangers of social media for organisations

By Jevita Derby

WHAT IS CYBER BULLYING?

Workplace harassment and bullying are terms which most employers are aware of and understand to some extent. Federal and state legislation in Australia provides guidelines on what constitutes harassment and bullying within the workplace:

• Unlawful harassment occurs when someone is made to feel intimidated, insulted or humiliated because of certain characteristics (for example: race, ethnic origin, sex, disability, etc) and can also include working in a ‘hostile’ or intimidating environment;
• Workplace bullying occurs when there is repeated less favourable treatment of a person by another or others in the workplace, which may be considered unreasonable and inappropriate workplace practice.⁴

Cyber bullying or “E-harassment” as it has recently been termed, is a more recent concept which involves the use of communication technologies such as email and social media to harass or bully another person.

Is your organisation social media proof?

By Jevita Derby

INTRODUCTION

Embracing social media can have a variety of benefits for organisations (see our article “Using social media to enhance your recruitment process”), but social media also has many inherent risks associated with it. Organisations must be proactive in their management of this dynamic technology in order to mitigate the risks and harness the technology to gain a competitive advantage.

This article outlines the risks that social media creates for organisations and what organisations can do to moderate these risks.

Using social media to enhance your recruitment process

By Jevita Derby

INJECTING INNOVATION INTO YOUR RECRUITMENT PROCESS

Are you looking for innovative ways to attract candidates to your organisation? Are your current recruitment processes lacking in substance? If so, delving into the world of social media recruitment may prove to be highly beneficial for your organisation.