The American workforce is growing increasingly more diverse. The broad variety of personalities, backgrounds, and perceptions in workers can present great opportunity and enrichment to the workplace, but it may also present some unique challenges. This course addresses the complex realities of the 21st Century workforce and advocates diversity without discrimination in the workplace.
Discrimination and harassment are illegal, unethical, and unacceptable, and as an employee, you can make a significant difference in preventing these behaviors and contributing to a positive work environment.
TARGET AUDIENCE
Managers, Supervisors, Employees & HR Professionals
TIME TO COMPLETE
This course will take approximately 60 minutes
PURPOSE
To advocate diversity and educate employees on recognizing and preventing discrimination and harassment in the workplace.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After completing this course, the learner will be able to:
- identify and adopt rules of employee behavior to avoid discrimination;
- associate and practice employee and employer responsibilities;
- differentiate between unlawful discrimination and unlawful harassment;
- recognize and recount the protected categories;
- specify the consequences of discrimination;
- identify the personal influences that create individual perspectives;
- discern the benefits and challenges of diversity;
- distinguish between discriminatory verbal, non-verbal, and physical conduct;
- understand and classify the myths and excuses associated with discrimination;
- implement complaint procedures for reporting discrimination and harassment; and
- characterize and identify employee expectations, after a report of discrimination is made.
TOPICS COVERED
1. Workplace Discrimination
- Employee Rules of Behavior
- Your Organization's Commitment
- Legal Definition
- Protected Categories
- Consequences of Discrimination
- Retaliation
2. Unacceptable Conduct
- Words and Behaviors
- Working Together
- Myths
3. Preventing Discrimination and Harassment
- Reporting Discrimination or Harassment
HR CERTIFICATION INSTITUTE
This Activity has been approved for 1.0 HR (General) recertification credit hours toward aPHR™, aPHRi™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™ and SPHRi™ recertification through HR Certification Institute® (HRCI®). The use of this official seal confirms that this Activity has met HR Certification Institute's® (HRCI®) criteria for recertification credit pre-approval.
SOCIETY FOR HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
This Activity has been approved for 1.0 PDCs toward SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP® recertification. The Human Equation is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP® recertification activities.