The Managers Guide To Preventing Sexual Harassment

Learn how to protect your employees as well as your company from sexual harassment. The Manager's Pocket Guide to Preventing Sexual Harassment approaches the issue globally, from creating policy statements on sexual harassment and conducting employee audits to determine vulnerabilities (and appropriate cures), to the five A's of understanding, to handling and dealing with stereotypes and biases. The pocket guide also covers the investigation process and how to properly document incidents; it also includes exercises to instill ownership and facilitate understanding among employees to generate commitment to harassment prevention.

This book is a must read for every manager and supervisor. Written in an engaging and conversational tone, the prose is not preachy or condescending, but presents crucial knowledge in a clear and concise fashion. You can read the book in one sitting, test your new knowledge through the quiz in the back of the book, practice your understanding by applying new concepts to example vignettes, and find your answers to commonly asked questions about sexual harassment. The author adapted this book from her highly effective corporate training materials which includes unique and practical ways of explaining these complex legal topics through use of formulas and example scenarios. The book has been used in college business law classes with rave reviews by students and has been touted as an essential tool for managers trying to succeed in today's corporate environments.See What Others are Saying: "This handy reference book is easy to read in one sitting. Ms. Whittenbury's conversational style kept me engaged while clearly presenting information crucial to any manager's success. This book is a must-read for any manager or prospective manager." - Laura Gloner, Strategy Development Manager, Fortune 10 Company"The book is a great read - a well-written and practical guide to understanding the complexity of the law. It is an excellent reference to have available." - Dave Chura, Director of Technology, Fortune 500 Aerospace Company

Updating the first edition published in 2000, this book provides legal definitions and implications of sexual harassment, as well as an easy-to-follow guide for preventing sexual harassment and limiting liability in litigation. The first edition covered all of the bases on the topic, but this revision attempts to clear up some of the gray areas and allows the author, with more than ten years of consulting and training to organizations, share his insights about how to stay out of court. Sexual harassment complaints can cause not only public embarrassment, but also monetary losses from health claims and loss of employee productivity. Add in the considerable financial loss resulting from lawsuits, even if the organization is found to be not liable, and the question is not should employers take reasonable steps to prevent or correct promptly any sexually harassing behavior, but more how do they take those reasonable steps.

The First Book to Explain How Managers Can Prevent Hostile Work Environment Accusations Corporation after corporation has seen seemingly harmless misunderstandings and "jokes" between employees mushroom into headline-making incidents, multimillion-dollar courtroom judgments­­and unrelenting PR disasters. The Manager's Guide to Preventing a Hostile Work Environment explains how to stop such problems before they begin. The first book to look at the legal threat of "Hostile Work Environment" claims from the manager's viewpoint, it provides proactive techniques and behaviors to: • •Spot employees that may unknowingly be creating a hostile work environment •Intervene while a problem is still manageable­­and before legal action is threatened •Apply a seven-step process to resolve perceptions of harassment or unfair treatment based on sex, race, disability, religion, and age. Managers play the most critical role in preventing hostile work environment harassment but are generally given little or no training. The Manager's Guide to Preventing a Hostile Work Environment shows managers and supervisors how to recognize and address inappropriate or insensitive behavioral problems in the workplace, before they lead to high-cost lawsuits and incalculable costs in the court of public opinion.