Correlation between Corporate Culture and Harassment at Workplace

Abstract

The word “pawahara” （roughly meaning harassment or abuse at workplace） was invented by a management counselor in the early 2000s. Since then “pawahara” has been recognized as one of the most serious issues at workplace. In 2019 the Diet passed a bill requiring employers to take measures for solving “pawahara” problems. As critics point out, however, the bill is just a starting point to tackle the problem. For further discussion the correlation between corporate culture and harassment at workplace should be analyzed. My paper is an attempt to explain it by taking Japanese-style employment practices into consideration.