The Right Side of the Line: Creating a Respectful and Harassment-Free Workplace

Produced

• Aug. 2005

Key Features

22 minute VHS and DVD programs included in complete training kit

Creating a Respectful and Harassment-Free Workplace

A complete harassment prevention training package that can meet your compliance requirements.

TARGET AUDIENCE: All managers, supervisors and employees

Teasing, Hazing, Gossip, Retaliation. Everyone, regardless of position, title or level in an organization, is responsible for creating a respectful and harassment-free workplace. This program addresses harassment in all its forms and meets federal compliance standards for harassment prevention training, giving employees the tools to resolve situations before they escalate.

About the Program:

The Right Side of the Line helps participants take a proactive approach to creating and maintaining respectful organizational cultures in order to remain legally compliant, to ensure adherence to organizational policies and to thrive and prosper. 

This powerful workshop contains six video vignettes that address situations that are unprofessional, prohibited by policy and unlawful.   These vignettes include:

•  Unprofessional Teasing/Hazing
•  Inappropriate Humor
• Racial Discrimination & Stereotyping
• Sexual Orientation & Religious Beliefs
• Gossip & Defamation of Character
• Third Party Sexual Harassment & Retaliation

Through these vignettes, employees learn what to do and how to respond if they are victims of, or witnesses to, any form of harassment or discrimination.

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After completing the Workshop, participants will be able to:

• Describe how and why maintaining a respectful and harassment-free culture benefits them and the organization.
• Explain the difference between inappropriate, prohibited and illegal behavior.
• Identify behaviors that could escalate into more serious situations.
• Respond appropriately to defuse situations and prevent them from escalating.

Complete Training Kit Components:

• DVD (full length video plus vignettes without narration, companion SMART-START® Harassment & Discrimination: It's More Than You May Think, interview with subject-matter expert, Ann Kiernan, TrainerTALK™ with Sue Mueller and classroom slides)
• VHS (22-minute The Right Side of the Line and 7-minute Let's M.E.E.T. Resolution Module)
• Facilitator Guide (multiple agenda options)
• Reproducible Participant Materials
• Reproducible Self-Study Guide
• Online Program Resources
• Trainer Pack

ALSO AVAILABLE:SMART-START™ companion video, Harassment & Discrimination:  It’s More Than You May Think This short video shows learners that harassment and discrimination can take many forms.  It clearly demon-strates that illegal and unacceptable behaviors carry severe costs—for the company and for the person involved. (4 minutes.)

Click here to preview the Right Side Facilitator Guide.

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