Question

What is the difference between harassment and bullying? Would an organization's policies addressing them be substantially different? Why?

Answer 1

The difference between harassment and bullying is explained below:

Harassment	Bullying
Harassment is a kind of misbehaviour which mostly possess physical components like touch, intrusion into personal space, contact etc.	Bullying is a kind of misbehaviour which is always psychological in nature.
Harassment is done when the target has been seen as an easy victim which includes race, sex etc.	Bullying takes place when a target is seen as a threat which must be dominated.
An offensive vocabulary is used while harassing.	False allegation very trivial criticisms are bullying.
A harassed person is aware that he or she is being harassed.	The affected person may not even realise that they are victims of bullying even a month together.

Yes, an organization's policies addressing them would be substantially different and the reason provided below:

1. In case of harassment there are laws which an organization needs to follow, any harassment case has to go through laws like equality act, labor laws etc. But in case of bullying the organization has to take a call depending on its seriousness.

2. According to legal perspective it is importance that the organization understands the difference between bullying and harassment and then put workplace policies in place, consequences for both would be different.