Reference no: EM132966103

Notes on Source 1:

Workplace harassment has been a hot topic that affects employees in several institutions. However, the workplace should be a place that protects the rights of employees because these institutions are made up of people from different backgrounds and cultures. For instance, during the flu season, "workplaces would preserve the lives of their employees by providing them with flu shots and posters with tips guarding them against flu" (Bille, 2019).

The article develops the viewpoints that workplace harassment should be taken as the flu epidemic so that the harassment in the workplace can be addressed as flu with the same prevention-focused approach. The incidence of workplace harassment has exceeded the epidemic proportions thus calling for the organizations and HR professionals to prevent damaging incidents such as sexual harassment from occurring in the first place. The right training will involve assuring the employees that they work in a safe, respectful environment that supports healthy relationships. There is a need for harassment prevention training and workplace communication to promote a "positive, mutually beneficial goal: ending harassment at work." Overcoming the barriers of social norms and bystanders will involve everyone getting harassment prevention training like".

Handling and ending workplace harassment should start with defining it for all to understand. The risks lie in the growing efficacy of training itself as it is considered as one component of a comprehensive harassment prevention program. There is a need to address the reasons why the vast majority of employees experience workplace harassment and fail to report them. Data collection will help to generate policies and procedures to support commitment to accountable actions to those violating workplace policies. The benefit of defining and understand workplace harassment will involve

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The article highlights how witnesses are key in workplace harassment reporting as the harassment and discrimination does not just happen behind closed doors but there are some of the individuals at the workplace who experiences the same. The research has established that many people witnesses harassment and discrimination but they not share it with the human resource department. The risk of failing to report the negative events of workplace harassment is that they also become unhappy thus generating a toxic workplace that will eventually lower productivity.

The witnesses of workplace harassment and discrimination not report as they not have a clear way of reporting. The witnesses have valuable information that can be used in prevention strategies but there are risks of barriers of being unaware that witnesses could report, others not know how to go about reporting, too complicated a process, and others not have time. The benefits lie in developed anonymity and a more streamlined process that could help.

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Workplace sexual harassment affects women more where it creates an unsafe work environment that puts women in a dilemma on personal safety and making a living. Sexual harassment among women goes back decades thus leading to the present-day problem of these behaviors being dismissed as "boys being boys" The women are supposed to navigate alone as there are no reporting processes that help in tackling workplace harassment.

The risks for continuous workplace harassment for women lead to the increasing gender wages gap. Women make up about half of the workforce but they take 70% of employees whose jobs are paid poorly. The understanding of workplace harassment leads to economic instability thus leading to the need for economic empowerment through wealth accumulation to achieve gender equity.

Use the prompts below for your introduction paragraph. Make sure to read the notes above and answer the question below.

1. provide an opening to get your audience's attention. You should not include any information that needs to be cited in this.
2. one that identifies the specific policy your organization is considering. You should not include any information that needs to be cited in this.
3. one that indicates the purpose and general content of your report (one benefit and one risk). You should not include any information that needs to be cited in this.
4. Your main idea will appear at the end of your introduction. Feel free to make adjustments below.