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Workplace bullies

Bullying in the workplace is far too widespread and bosses are not doing enough to tackle the problem, a report said on Friday.

The Chartered Management Institute (CMI), which published the study, said poor managerial skills were mainly to blame and employers were failing in their legal duty to protect staff.

Not all cases involved bosses bullying their staff, with 63 percent of respondents citing incidents involving bullying between peers while 30 percent had witnessed subordinates bullying their manager.

(China Daily 11/08/2008 page11)