In this episode, Dr. Jan Kircher examines how workplace bullying is hidden, protected, and normalized through the mask of respectability.

She explains how bullies use credibility, professional capital, and carefully managed public personas to deflect accountability — whether the bullying comes from a peer building informal power or a leader using formal authority to frame abuse as “just part of the job.” The tactics are often the same, but the protections and consequences are not.

This episode breaks down why bullying reports so often go nowhere, why people who are bullied aren’t believed, and why standard advice doesn’t apply when organizations protect the abuser instead of addressing the harm.

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