2. Refuse to betray their friend when the bully boss tells them to. This is the "divide and conquer" game. Siding with the bully brings short-term immunity but at what ethical cost? How can you have integrity and stand by watching a fellow human being being mistreated?

3. Sit in on meetings with the bullying manager as a witness, a representative. The option to have a representative was provided by the National Labor Relations Board in 2000. It applies to non-union and union employees. Witnesses can temper the most outrageous bullies who are careful to not show their tactics in public for fear of exposure. Witnessing is a deterrent to some cruelty instigated by some bullies.

4. Provide testimony at hearings, arbitrations and mediation sessions. This can be as simple as a written statement or in-person testimony. Of course, this carries the risk of retaliation by the bully. But if the workplace is that fear-laden, the outcome you fear most is no worse than your current reality. Ethical, courageous behavior will liberate your soul. If it liberates you of a paycheck, too, then that employer never deserved to have you produce for it.

5. Gather the group when a co-worker is being bullied (even if behind closed doors) and invoke what operating room nurses call 'Code Pink.' Circle the bully as a unified group. Tell her or him to stop; make it clear that the outrageous tactics are unacceptable and unprofessional. Threaten to stop all productive work if the bully does not stop with that targeted person or attempts to attack anyone else in the group (good for government). If you are all employees with skills hard to replace, threaten to quit together and to tell the CEO why (great in hi tech). All groups can threaten to tell management at least 2 levels above the bully. Essentially Code Pink shames the shaming bully. Most, if not all, back down when challenged or exposed.