Sexual harassment touches all the workforce
Featured in the Valuing Diversity at Work training manual
By Ken Birkett & Val Rowland
Category: Diversity
Credit price: 3 download credits (Single user)
Sexual harassment is publicised more and more because of the suffering of individuals who experience it, and because the organisation image provides a good story for the media. The increasingly diverse workforce and changing attitudes to equal employee harassment has become a business issue. A cultural environment where employees feel they can express their problems and feelings without feeling threatened or victimised is needed in all organisations and the competition between organisations may mean that only those who are acknowledging this will succeed.
You begin this training activity with a definition of sexual harassment and look at types of sexual harassment. The participants study several examples of sexual harassment incidents in the workplace and consider what action they would take. They also examine the needs of the victim and what an organisation should provide. A sexual harassment interview exercise involves the participants in understanding how to handle such interviews. The final exercise asks the participants to reflect on what they could do as managers to minimise problems of sexual harassment. You close the training activity with a brief review of the key learning points.
Who is it for: This training resource is intended for use by trainers to encourage participants to nurture a working environment where employees can express their problems without feeling threatened or victimised and illustrate the benefits to the organisation as a whole.
| Resource Type: | Activity |
| Min Group Size: | 4 |
| Max Group Size: | 12 |
| Typical Duration: | 02:20:00 |
| No of Pages: | 20 |
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Purpose: This training resource is intended for use by trainers for any sort of training and professional development because it deals with a problem that covers all aspects of work. It can be used, for example, as a separate programme or as part of induction, appraisal, team-building, and supervisory training programme.
Download the training activity, Sexual harassment touches all the workforce as featured in the Fenman training manual; Valuing Diversity at Work