Iñaki Piñuel

Iñaki Piñuel y Zabala (Madrid, 1965) is a Spanish psychologist, essayist, researcher and professor of Organization and Human Resources at the Faculty of Business and Labour Sciences in the University of Alcalá, Madrid. He is an expert in Management and Human Resources and one of the leading European specialists in research and divulgation of mobbing or psychological harassment in the workplace and education.

He was director of human resources in various companies in the technology sector. Currently he is a psychotherapist and consultant specializing in this field, consultant and trainer of several agencies, including notably the Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social (National Institute of Social Security, (INSS)) and the Consejo General del Poder Judicial (General Council of the Judiciary, (CGPJ)) on psychological violence at work and education.

He is also an Executive MBA from the Instituto de Empresa of Madrid and director of the "Barómetros Cisneros sobre Acoso laboral y Violencia psicológica en el trabajo y Acoso escolar en el entorno educativo" ("Barometers Cisneros on Mobbing and psychological violence at work and Bullying in the educational environment").

He was the author of the first book in Spanish on Mobbing: Mobbing: Cómo sobrevivir al acoso psicológico en el trabajo (Ed. Sal Terrae, 2001).

In 2008 he received the Everis Award on Business Essay for the work: Liderazgo Zero: el liderazgo más allá del poder, la rivalidad y la violencia.

Professor Piñuel on mobbing affected, stated: "Most cases that victims narrate show a perverse and systematic use in our organizations of the scapegoat mechanism by which it is always convenient sacrifice someone, often the most vulnerable, to the harassment of the majority in favor of maintaining the status quo and domination over others. [...] With this grim picture, workers set between them a new pact of mutual indifference that breaks any possibility of organizing collective defense of their right to dignity and health at work. This is how the expected reaction of the workers who witness mobbing is the development of 'not me' syndrome."