The John L. Grove College of Business co-Hosts Conference on Workplace Bullying

SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. - Sept. 24, 2015 - PRLog -- WHAT:

The National Workplace Bullying Coalition recognizes the need to bring together legislators, academics, mental health practitioners, human resource management professionals, labor leaders, employee advocates, targets of workplace bullying and all those committed to preventing inequality and abuse in our work environments.

"Dignity has long been recognized as one of the foundations of all human rights," says Dr. Jerry Carbo, the #Dignity15 Conference Chair. "Despite this, millions of workers suffer bullying, harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and other forms of abusive workplace behavior that strips them of their dignity, This conference will offer a platform for those who are interested in restoring and protecting workers rights to dignity to further the discussion about what we can do to protect this right and what the role should be for labor leaders, worker advocates, HR managers and others in protecting this fundamental right."

Carbo is a founding member of the National Workplace Bullying Coalition and was recently selected to be a member of the newly formed EEOC Select Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the Workplace.

WHERE & WHEN:

Friday, October 23, 2015 from 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM (EDT), Shippensburg Foundation Center, Shippensburg, PA 17257
**We'll be kicking off this discussion with a special dinner on Thursday, October 22nd (*additional fee and limited seating for this evening event)**

SPEAKERS & PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

Erin Johansson - Manager Jobs with Justice Education Fund, Director of LRAN,

Susan Kelly - AFT West Virginia, Bullying, Retaliation and the Role of the Labor Movement

Joseph Catanio and Wendy Becker - IT Workplace Bullying: What IT Project Managers Should Know  Workplace Bullying

Shelley Murphy - Perceptions of Bullying in the Workplace

Theo Braddy - CEO of Independent Living of Central PA, Individual with Disabilities in the workplace

Alan Morse PsyVantage – Organizational Culture and Bullying

Laura Dzurec  - Exploring the Unacknowledged conditions of workplace bullying

Sabrina Maxwell - Toxic Leaders and HR’s reaction to toxic leaders and how this impacts bullying and dignity in the workplace.

Lisa DeSanti - Understanding the Effects on Those Accused of Bullying in the Workplace

Rosette Adera - How bullying negatively impacts organizational innovation

John Griffith, Ronald Wakeham and Donna Roberts - Understanding the prevalence and reasoning behind bullying in the fire services

TN Representative Antonio Parkinson - The Passage of the State Wide Anti workplace bullying bill in Tennessee

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ABOUT THE NATIONAL WORKPLACE BULLYING COALITION:

The NWBC (a 501c3) is a multi-disciplined group of individuals from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, California, New York and Florida dedicated to the adoption of multiple approaches that both deter workplace bullying and provide a remedy to targeted individuals. We are currently preparing #Dignity15, our 2nd Annual workplace bullying awareness conference in partnership with the John L. Grove College of Business of Shippensburg University, RESTORING AND PROTECTING DIGNITY AT WORK. In 2014 we partnered with Rutgers School of Law - Newark to host a one-day conference, WORKPLACE BULLYING: Seeking Solutions, that brought together New Jersey State Senator Linda Greenstein, legal experts for both business interests and employees, labor leaders, business consultants and other interested parties. In the past 10 years, NWBC's core group have written, organized forums, participated in both national and international panels, represented clients, videotaped stories and lobbied legislators on the issue.

For speaker bios and more information about the conference visit:

http://www.workplacebullyingcoalition.org/#!2015-conferen...