Emilia Chronowska in the paper Mobbing and discrimination in the work environment of Prison Staff offers an analysis of the phenomenon of inequality in the treatment of prison officers and employees. Bullying and discrimination can occur in any organisation with an inherent human factor and associated human interactions. These phenomena imply a kind of crisis in the organizational unit, which can escalate and disrupt cooperation or make it impossible to carry out official tasks. The article presents the problem of mobbing and discrimination in uniformed services, in particular in the Prison Service. The aim of the study was to present and discuss selected factors that have a dominant influence on the occurrence of the above-mentioned undesirable behaviours among officers and between an officer and a superior. The author used data obtained from research conducted in the Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine in Łódź on mobbing and aggression in the Prison Service. The author has also used the experience of the Ombudsman concerning anti-mobbing and anti-discrimination procedures in the uniformed services, collected in the form of analysis and recommendations. The content of the article presents the most important reasons for the occurrence of mobbing and discrimination in organisational units, presents the dimension of the consequences of the occurrence of these phenomena for officers, the organisational unit, as well as for the efficient and effective ensuring of the realisation of statutory tasks and functions of the Prison Service. The occurrence of mobbing and discrimination in Prison Service organisational units harms the interest of the Service itself, its good name and does not contribute to building a positive image of the formation.
The article is mainly a presentation of the results of research on bullying symptoms in working environment of policemen. The author made a difficult attempt to objectively recognize the problems of the phenomenon of bullying in the workplace of policemen. The choice of this category of profession – additionally in the context of pathological phenomena in human relationships – was dictated by the specifics of work and interpersonal interactions in the profession with high importance of hierarchy, strong mental tensions and heavy professional responsibility that accompanies police work.
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Artykuł jest głównie prezentacją wyników badań nad przejawami mobbingu w środowisku pracy policjantów. Autor podjął w nim trudną do obiektywnego rozpoznania problematykę występowania zjawiska mobbingu w środowisku pracy policjantów. Wybór tej kategorii zawodowej w kontekście występowania patologicznych zjawisk w interakcjach międzyludzkich był podyktowany specyfiką pracy i relacji interpersonalnych w zawodzie o wysokim poziomie hierarchizacji oraz napięciem psychicznym i wysoką odpowiedzialnością zawodową, jakie towarzyszą pracy policjantów.
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