Mr Mendonca de Barros claimed that the officials were the victims of political backstabbing and industrial espionage.

ECONOMIST: Crossed lines in Brazil

Mr Field's apology may, perhaps, suggest a just-in-time realisation that bickering and backstabbing are a sure path to oblivion.

ECONOMIST: Bagehot

You can guess where territorialism, gossip, or backstabbing comes from.

FORBES: Backstabber Alert! What To Do When Someone's Out To Get You at Work

We know that politicking and backstabbing exists in the workplace.

FORBES: Backstabber Alert! What To Do When Someone's Out To Get You at Work

This is a nasty business of price wars, backstabbing and patent disputes, where rivals seem to spend as much time in court as they do out in the field.

FORBES: No Rest for the Weary

Although the IMs did not offer any evidence to support the claim of theft, according to sources who have seen many of the messages, the IMs portray Zuckerberg as backstabbing, conniving, and insensitive.

NEWYORKER: The Face of Facebook

Lost in a lot of the debate is that this is a show that really does encourage cooperation instead of backstabbing, a show that leads to decisions instead of elimination, and a show about building a community instead of breaking one down.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Mean Girls at Work: How to Stay Professional When Things Get Personal is the latest title from Katherine Crowley and Kathi Elster, the authors of Working With You Is Killing Me, and the authors say they were just as conflicted as I was to take on the issue of backstabbing, bullying and plain old bitchiness at work.

FORBES: The Seven Meanest Girls At Work