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Table 3.

Definitions from Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

Discrimination Treating a person with an identified attribute or personal characteristic less favorably than a person who does not have that attribute or characteristic
Bullying A behavior or pattern of behaviors that a reasonable person would expect might victimize, humiliate, undermine or threaten a person to whom the behavior is directed
Sexual Harrassment Unwelcome sexual advances, request for sexual favors and other unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature by which a reasonable person would be offended, humiliated or intimidated
Harrassment An unwanted, or unwelcome or uninvited behavior that makes a person feel humiliated, intimidated or offended