Fundamentals of Workplace Harassment, Bullying & Violence

In the next section, you will complete a short eLearning program that explores key concepts for maintaining a respectful and safe workplace. You will learn how to define and identify workplace harassment, bullying, and violence, recognize when behaviour has crossed the line, and understand the types of conduct and comments that can constitute harassment and bullying. You will also apply the reasonable person standard to assess how conduct or comments might be viewed in a workplace setting.

Objectives

• Defining and identifying workplace harassment, bullying, and violence
• Knowing when you have crossed the line
• Conduct/comments that constitute workplace harassment and bullying
• How would a reasonable, objective person view the conduct/comments in question?