How to Create Effective Ethics and Compliance Training Programs to Prevent Discrimination in Workplace

In the past, organizations once considered themselves protected from charges of discrimination in workplace if managers and employees completed their compliance training program.

Companies now need to do more than simply count ethics course completions to avoid discrimination in workplace. LRN, the leader in corporate ethics and online compliance training, believes companies must avoid all forms of discrimination in workplace by making their online ethics course part of the fabric of their organizational cultures. The best corporate harassment training programs teach employees and management what constitutes unethical conduct–based on the code of conduct–so they can recognize and report all forms of misconduct, including discrimination in workplace, affirm that they follow the code, and take responsibility for safeguarding their company's culture.

LRN's experience has shown that companies create effective workplace diversity training programs when they incorporate five key elements:

• Senior management takes responsibility for driving ethics and diversity education efforts.
• Educate on values – as well as laws and rules – to inspire principled behavior.
• Make diversity training interesting, stimulating and engaging.
• Make harassment training relevant to real discrimination in workplace scenarios.
• Reinforce workplace harassment training and relate course content to actual discrimination in workplace experiences and scenarios.

Since 1993, LRN has helped nearly 300 companies create and implement effective ethics and compliance training programs that teach employees how to recognize and deter discrimination in workplace. LRN's team of 350 dedicated professionals will work with you to develop a set of customized communications and campaign management tools to prevent discrimination and sexual harassment in the workplace. LRN's courseware and tools are powerful ways to engage your employees in ethical leadership and corporate values. Visit LRN.com to find out how you can create winning corporate compliance and business ethics training programs to inspire principled performance.