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SEXUAL
HARASSMENT TRAINING FOR EMPLOYEES
HOW
EMPLOYEES CAN AVOID BEING SEXUALLY HARASSED, HARASSING AND BEING
ACCUSED OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT
OR
"UNLEARNING DUMB GENDER MESSAGES"
This half-day
workshop provides an opportunity for both personal growth and increased
professional competence in working appropriately with members of
both genders. That kind of learning is best accomplished in an environment
in which dialogue and experiences occur in an open but non-threatening
manner. Both the style and tone of this training are designed to
allow participants to learn at their own rate in such an environment.
The objectives
of "How Employees Can Avoid Being Sexually Harassed, Harassing and
Being Accused of Sexual Harassment" are to:
- Examine a
full range of behaviors and learn to determine which do and which
do not constitute sexual harassment;
- Explore methods
of minimizing sexual jokes, innuendo and other forms of sexual
harassment in the work environment; and,
- Practice
effective strategies for interrupting sexual harassment when either
targeted by a harasser or when one is present in a group in which
inappropriate, sexually suggestive speech and/or behavior are
occurring.
Interactive,
adult learning techniques including role play, video, small group
work, large group discussion and lecturette are utilized.
Specific topics
covered in the workshop include:
- The definitions
of sexism, sex discrimination and sexual harassment
- The three
basic forms of sexual harassment
- The four
categories of sexual harassment
- The range
of acceptable and unacceptable, legal and illegal speech and behaviors
- The basic
facts regarding the parties
- Is there
a typical harassee, i.e., a profile of a person who is likely
to be harassed?
- What
is the impact of sexual harassment on the targeted individual?
- Is there
a typical harasser, i.e., a profile of a person who is likely
to harass?
- Why do
sexual harassers harass?
- An examination
of response techniques, both the effective and the ineffective
- The impact
of sexual harassment on the work environment
- The supervisor’s
responsibility to respond quickly and effectively to concerns/complaints
about sexual harassment
- The organization’s
policy and complaint procedures
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