ABSTRACT
The ethical task of the social worker is trying to identify the various ways that bullying can occur in the context of her workplace, a workplace that often includes the marginalized in societies, those most vulnerable to the activities of bullying. The internet and social media have provided bullies with access to what seems an anonymous venue for pursuing and torturing their victims, sometimes into suicide. The abuse of social media to humiliate and demean teenagers in front of their peers, sometimes contributing to suicides, has shown that the tolerance for these activities is at the lower end with their acceptance very unlikely. The workplace itself provides fertile ground for bullying in large part because of the situation it occupies in society as distinct and separate from other social situations. The problem with bullying starts with its identifying defining conditions. Especially in democracies but also in other forms of government, workplace is often an isolated and distinct place with society.
