VOA慢速英语:Adding Up the Costs of Bullying in the Workplace

take action 采取行动
例句：We must take action before it is too late.
我们必须趁早采取行动，否则来不及了。

2. The best advice I can give to managers and supervisors is not to worry about the law, but rather to be sure that their behavior is professional.

but rather 而是…
例子：He was no better, but rather grew worse.
他的病情未见好转，反而更恶化了。