A perpetrator is a person (or group of people) whose actions, behaviours, or decisions cause harm to another person in the workplace. This may include bullying, harassment, discrimination, sexual harassment or assault, abuse of power, or any behaviour that creates psychosocial harm.
On the WorkRight23 platform, the word perpetrator is used in a neutral, factual sense to identify the source of harmful behaviour in an incident report. It does not imply legal guilt but records who the target identifies as responsible for the behaviour. Patterns of reported behaviour are used to help organisations understand risks, identify root causes, and take corrective action.
