Resumen:
This research investigated the possibilities of the occurrence of moral damage in the higher learning institutions. In this context the author chose to carry out a multiple case study on two campuses of the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology in a Brazilian capital. This study is justified to the measure that one perceives the need of the public manager to provide accounting to the internal and external society not only of financial and material resources but also of ethical and moral values, mainly because it is an organization which offers education. Focused on the above-mentioned context, the main line developed in this research brings forth the reflection which permits evaluating Moral Harassment of Professors as a point of imbalance in the work life of the professor in the public-school network. To provide foundation for this focus hostile behaviors punishable administratively, criminally and civilly by Brazilian laws were investigated, seeking parallels and analogies within the legal appendix to show when these crimes against the morals, such as slander and defamation, come to be the damaging behavior of Moral Harassment. Reflections were added about the need for balance and care in institutional expressions. Finally, three documental analyses were presented where there was reflection about the characteristics of Moral Harassment according to the authors presented, pointing out pertinent observations on the theme and which bring up the quest for a professional communal interaction of mutual balance.
