INDEX

Age, workplace harassment and, 32, 33, 34

Audience, assessing, 15-16, 76

Awareness training, 72-73

Color, 21-25

defined, 22

exercise, 25, 88-89

Conduct, 21-25

defined, 22

Convictions, 21-25

defined, 22

exercise, 25, 88-89

Calendars, offensive, 35

Cartoons, offensive, 35

Charges, filed in United States for harassment, vi

Charging party, rights of, 56

Communication, as means of preventing

harassment, 72-77

Compliments, 15

Conduct considerations, 75-77

sample policy statements, 84

Confidentiality, regarding harassment claims, 43, 46

Cost, of sexual harassment, vi-vii

Cotran v. Rollins Hudig Hall International Inc., 64

Cultural awareness, promoting, 90

Dating co-workers, 15, 95, 98

Defenses, employer, viii, 6-8, 64-65, 77, 103

Disability, workplace harassment and, 32, 33

Discovery process, 59, 66-70

Diversity, 4-5, 16-20

celebrating, 90-92

as key to preventing harassment, 25-27

survey, 18

Documentation, of findings, 47, 66-70

Education, to prevent harassment, 72-73

EEOC. See Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

E-mail address, to foster communication regarding

harassment policy, 91

Employees, responsibility regarding harassment, 77

Employer audit to assess liability, 6-8

Employers

defenses against harassment suits, viii, 6-8, 64-65, 77, 103

responsibility regarding harassment, 64-65, 77, 103

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, vi, 95

Ethnic origin, workplace harassment and, 32, 33, 34

Exercises

finding commonality, 86-87

icebreaker, 88

identifying biases and beliefs, 25, 88-89

identifying harassment, 97-99

sensitivity, 79-80

Flirtation, 14

Gender, workplace harassment and, 32, 33

Gestures, offensive, 35

Golden rule, 76

Guilt, presumption of, 39, 56

Guilty finding, sample letter to support, 67

Harassment. See also Diversity; Harassment policy;

Sexual harassment; Workplace harassment

attitudes toward, 30

basic tenets, 11-16

confidentiality regarding claims of, 43, 46

defined, 11

documenting findings of, 47, 66-70

identifying, 36-37, 50-55, 97-99

investigating claims of, 41-47, 56-62

non-verbal, 34-35

notifying employees of company policy regarding, 41-42, 46

perception of, 35, 36, 38, 53

physical, 34

preventing, viii-ix, 3-5, 25-27, 71-81

quid pro quo, 38

reporting process, 49, 77, 85, 91

retaliation and, 44-45, 46, 96

same sex, v-vi, 31

sample questions and answers, 93-96

termination and, 44, 46, 62-64, 67-68, 78

value systems and, 21-25

verbal, 33-34

Harassment policy, 8-9, 30, 103

sample, 82-85

Hostile work environment, 31, 36

Icebreaker exercise, 88

Identification, of harassment, 36-37, 50-55, 97-99

exercise, 97-99

Impartiality, investigation of harassment and, 60, 61

In Summary, 103

Innocence, presumption of, 39, 56

Innuendo, 33, 38

Insults, 33

Interview, of charging party and alleged harasser, 58-59

Investigation

documenting findings, 47, 66-70

of harassment claims, 41-47

identifying incidents of harassment, 36-37, 50-55, 97-99

of harassment claims, 41-47

process, 56-62

Jokes, 15, 16, 33

Kennedy, William, vii

Language usage, 39

Leering, 34

Liability

employer audit to assess, 6-8

reducing, viii, 6-8, 47, 64-70, 77, 103

Non-discrimination statement, 8-9

Non-verbal harassment, 34-35

sample policy statement, 84

Not guilty finding, sample letter to support, 68-70

Notification, of company policy regarding harassment, 41-42, 46

Parental behavior, 23

Patterned behavior, 22, 26-27

Perception, of harassment, 35, 36, 38, 53

Physical harassment, 34

sample policy statement, 84

Pictures, offensive, 35

Policy, regarding harassment, 8-9, 30, 103

notification of, 41-42, 46

sample, 82-85

Policy and procedure manual, harassment policy and, 41, 63, 72, 77, 92

Prevention

of harassment, viii-ix, 3-5, 25-27, 71-80

individual action plan, 81

Program evaluation form, 101

Proven behavior, 23

Quid pro quo harassment, 38

Race, workplace harassment and, 32, 33, 34

Religion, workplace harassment and, 32, 33

Reporting process, 49, 77, 85, 91

Resolution, after not guilty finding, 70

Retaliation, harassment and, 44-45, 46, 96

Rights, of charging party and alleged harasser, 56

Same sex harassment, v-vi, 31

Scalia, Antonin, v-vi

Sensitivity, 78-80

Sex, workplace harassment and, 32, 33, 34 See also

Sexual harassment

Sexual harassment. See also Harassment; Workplace harassment

cost of, vi-vii

defined, vii, 32

employer defenses, viii, 6-8, 64-65, 77, 103

persistence of, v

preventing, viii-ix, 3-5, 25-27, 71-81

sample policy statement, 83

vs. workplace harassment, 31-33

Sexual innuendo, 33

Sexual preference, workplace harassment and, 32, 33

Sexuality, in the workplace, 14

Slurs, 33

Souter, David, vii

Staring, 35

Suggestion box, 91

Survey, of diversity, 18

Telephone number, to foster communication regarding harassment policy, 91

Termination, harassment and, 44, 46, 62-64, 67-68, 78

Threats, 33

United States, harassment charges filed in, vi

U.S. Supreme Court, v-vi, vii

Value systems, 21-25

Verbal harassment, 33

sample policy statement, 84

Work environment, hostile, 31

Workplace culture, nurturing diversity in, 4-5

Workplace harassment. See also Harassment; Sexual

harassment

defined, 32

sample policy statement, 83

vs. sexual harassment, 31-33

Written material, offensive, 35