Knowledge Base

This course covers the following information:

Workplace Harassment in the Office: What Is Harassment?

• That each person is the judge of what words or actions they feel are offensive
  
• The different types of behavior that could be considered harassment
  
• The negative effects that harassment can have on employees and companies
  
• The problems that can be created if harassment escalates into workplace violence.
  

Workplace Harassment in the Office: Discrimination, Sexual Harassment and the Law

• That workplace harassment is considered to be a type of discrimination
  
• The different types of discrimination that are illegal in a workplace
  
• How sexual harassment can occur in a workplace
  
• The types of behavior that are considered to be sexually harassing.
  

Workplace Harassment in the Office: Responding to Harassment

• The need to take action to end workplace harassment whenever it appears
  
• Why you should always tell someone when something they say or do offends you
  
• When you should report harassing behavior to your supervisor or HR Department
  
• What details to include in a report about harassment.
  

Workplace Harassment in the Office: Preventing Workplace Violence

• How you can be hurt both professionally and physically if harassment escalates into violence
  
• Procedures you can follow to help prevent an incident from becoming violent
  
• How you should respond if someone attacks you
  
• Why you should never allow yourself to be drawn into a fight.
  

Workplace Harassment in the Office: Dealing with a Stalker

• The harassing behavior known as "stalking'
  
• How to respond if someone is stalking you
  
• The information that you should include when you report a stalking incident
  
• The steps that you may need to take to get a stalker to stop harassing you.