Verbal harassment can be difficult to recognize and is often a gray area, since it is a nonphysical form of violence. “Often, yelling, cursing or making inappropriate remarks or jokes about a co-worker is seen as a case of personality conflict and not as harassment, even when such behavior...
Some of the main topics the training should cover include what sexual harassment is and how to recognize and report it. For this, employees need to know what constitutes harassment and the reporting mechanisms available to them. The training should teach how to cultivate professional and respectful...
Are employees trained to recognize and report bribery and corruption? Are there mechanisms in place to report unethical behavior anonymously? Respect for Intellectual Property: Does the supplier have policies to respect and protect intellectual property? Are there safeguards in place to protect proprietary...
Research suggests that the best way to prevent suicide is to know the risk factors, be alert to the signs of depression and other mental disorders, recognize the warning signs for suicide, and intervene before the person can complete the process of self-destruction. Some of the ways a person...
How to recognize job discrimination when you are over 50 and searching for a job Laid off from her job as an escrow assistant at a title insurance company in 2013, Linda Clay, then 63, couldn't find another job. "No one wanted to hire baby boomers," says Clay. ...
Stewart; Speaking at the Construction Financial Management Association 2003 annual conference in San Diego, Stubley noted: "In many cases, contractors simply don't recognize the exposure and, hence, fail to put the infrastructure or policies in place to minimize their vulnerability on the front end...
3. Address implicit bias and discrimination when you see it. Prejudices can shapeshift, and they aren't always overt. Most people know to report blatant discrimination to human resources, but it's the less visible acts that can be the most malign. Even bri...
with strong protections for affected indi- viduals one of their top policy priorities.3,4 Genetic researchers and clinicians need to recognize the unarticulated assumptions about discrimination that shape the debate and understand the underlying tensions between differing accounts of justice and fairness....
Recognize that you are not flawless and that no issue can be explored perfectly. Even if harassment has occurred, and you feel it has, you may not have any facts or witnesses to back up a complainant's claims. Follow up and document your follow-up with the employee who made the original...
conduct (e.g., dress code, attendance, acceptable use of company property), benefits (e.g., health insurance, paid time off, retirement plans), code of conduct (e.g., any anti-discrimination or harassment policies), and pay and compensation (e.g., pay periods, overtime, performance ...