Lost and gone forever, Reader's Comment, 18 July 2011, Bullying at Work, Hagar Cohen, Background Briefing, ABC Radio, 10 July 2011 http://www.abc.net.au/rn/backgroundbriefing/stories/2011/3257688.htm Historical link preserved from the original page.
The University of Newcastle: we followed the uni policy to alert the university about misconduct - we did not expect that by doing the right thing we would be bullied.
The bullying at The University of Newcastle started and continued when people spoke to managers etc about misconduct.
By then it was too late for most of us - we followed uni policy to alert the university about misconduct (of staff or students) and then we were bullied and bullied out of our jobs and careers.
There was no time to walk away - we did not expect that by doing the right thing we would be bullied.
It is the corrupt culture and "jobs for the boys (and boy-girls)" that allows this to continue.
And 'walking away' from the bullying directly supports the bullying culture and allows it to flourish.