How to Prevent Workplace Harassment with Effective Diversity Training Programs

Workplace harassment is a serious matter. It is a type of illegal employment discrimination, and can include sexual harassment as well as harassment based on race, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability or certain other characteristics. Organizations and their management play a critical role in recognizing and preventing any form of discrimination and workplace harassment.

One of the most critical skills in addressing diversity challenges such as workplace harassment is the ability to effectively solve problems. Solid ethics and compliance training, along with good supervisory leadership can go a long way toward preventing workplace harassment, discrimination and retaliation. LRN, the leader in corporate ethics and workplace diversity training, believes companies must avoid all forms of discrimination in workplace by making corporate ethics and responsibility part of the fabric of their organizational cultures.

The best workplace diversity training programs teach employees and management what constitutes unethical conduct and include a no-tolerance policy for any and all forms of workplace harassment. LRN's harassment training helps employees recognize and know what to report if they suspect workplace harassment, and they will learn that retaliation for reporting workplace harassment is not allowed. LRN's courses on preventing workplace harassment will also teach employees the consequences a harassment claim can have for both the company and the suspected harasser. LRN diversity training also outlines the responsibilities that supervisors have when it comes to dealing with workplace harassment.

LRN's experience has shown that companies can deter workplace harassment when they create effective harassment training programs by incorporating five key elements:

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

Since 1993, LRN has helped nearly 300 companies create and implement effective ethics and compliance training programs that teach employees how to recognize and report discrimination in the workplace. LRN's team of 350 dedicated professionals will work with you to develop communications and leverage campaign management tools to promote and reinforce your ethics training program LRN's courseware and tools provide powerful ways to engage your employees in ethical leadership and corporate values. Visit LRN.com to find out how you can create winning diversity training programs to inspire principled performance.