"Modern social theory and practice agree that mobbing (or bullying) is one of the most radical forms of industrial conflict, producing long-term consequences in all aspects of corporate business and for the overall national economy. Research shows that employees are the primary and greatest of victims, which indicates a strategic interest for trade unions in fighting mobbing and insisting on the prevention of mobbing as a determinant of a company's development strategy. A single consequence of mobbing never occurs but there is a series of consequences which are related and which, therefore, have a cumulative effect in maximising the damage. In a broader sense, we may even refer to the political consequences, when referring to mobbing becoming so widespread that it provokes general discontent among employees and a disapproving response from the public. In any case, the damage caused by mobbing may be said to be ‘ultimate' as it affects everyone – in particular the victims but also, in the long-run, the mobber (or bully), the company and the whole of society. "

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