вЂњWorkplace bullying thrives when we targets stay silent and hidden, feeling ashamed and weak,вЂќ she wrote in a LinkedIn post last week.В One former WWF staffer said he couldnвЂ™t speak to me, because he felt sick just thinking about it - and this is sixВ years after his experience of bullying trauma. She did so despite risks to her career and her mental health. This is what makes Coralie Ponsinet speaking out all the more laudable. вЂњWe hold saviours or heroes up, and so we give them more power,вЂќ she says. People in positions of power in organisations perceived to be do-gooding are less likely to be called out for toxic behaviour, and are protected by the idea that they areВ saviours or heroes, says Animah Kosai, founder of Speak Up Collective, a United Kingdom-based healthy workplace group. He declined to be named for privacy reasons. TheyвЂ™re emotionally invested in doing good work for aВ cause, which leaves them vulnerable to abuse, says a former senior WWF executive, who left the conservation group after his job became untenable because of ongoing bullying around the same time Ponsinet was working there. People who work for civic society or sustainability organisations are rarely in it for the money.

Bullying can happen in any workplace, but experts say that civic society andВ sustainability-related organisations - includingВ sustainability departments of companies and governmentsВ - might be particularly vulnerable to bullying, harassment and other forms of abuse because of their very nature.

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