Behaviors constitute workplace harassment

1. For each mini-case, do the described behaviours constitute workplace harassment, workplace bullying, or both? Which aspects of these behavioural patterns align with definitions of workplace harassment and bullying, respectively, and which do not?
2. What are the effects on the target(s) of the potentially bullying/harassing behaviour? Are other stakeholders besides the target affected? How?
3. For each mini-case, what is the employer’s responsibility to the target(s)? What should the employer do to manage this situation? Who is responsible, and what steps should they take?

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