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Sexual Harassment Training

Empower bystanders to stand up to sexual harassment and promote a safe, respectful workplace with Sexual Harassment Prevention. Developed in cooperation with a leading researcher, this unique program will help your employees prevent sexual harassment, and, in the event it does occur, respond swiftly and appropriately.

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Everyone wants to feel respected and safe in their workplace. When an employee experiences sexual harassment, their sense of respect and safety is violated. But what is sexual harassment, exactly?

You've likely heard a lot about sexual harassment in the news. These stories may differ in their details, but one common theme is shared by all of them — an abuse of power that manifests in a sexual or sex-based way. We can all agree that abuses of power are wrong. For instance, it is wrong for someone with power over financial matters in a company to abuse that power by embezzling funds from the company. It is also wrong for someone with social power over coworkers or subordinates to subject those people to unwanted sexual or otherwise disrespectful behaviors that target them because they happen to be a man or a woman.

The tricky part about sexual harassment is that those with power sometimes don't recognize when they are abusing it and that those without power are reluctant to speak up for fear of workplace consequences. This training session will help you sort out not just which behaviors are likely to be sexual harassment, but the techniques you can use in response to those behaviors in order to help keep your workplace respectful and safe.

There are multiple definitions of sexual harassment, and all of them contain a degree of subjectivity. Recognize that sexual harassment is not a black and white issue, it involves subjective experiences. A behavior that is fun or funny in one work group could be offensive and threatening in another. That's why employees need to use communication and conflict management skills so they can have the difficult conversations that help maintain professional norms in their work environments.

J. J. Keller's Sexual Harassment Prevention training is a five-part series designed to help prevent sexual harassment from happening in the first place. Two additional add-on modules are available for managers and those who work in retail environments.  And, in the unfortunate event it does occur, learners will be prepared to respond swiftly and appropriately to the situation.
 

Sexual Harassment Prevention: What is Sexual Harassment?

 

Helps learners recognize sexual harassment, discuss the impact it has on individuals and the organization, explain the differences between quid pro quo and hostile work environment, and recognize behavior that may not be considered legally actionable sexual harassment.

J. J. Keller's Sexual Harassment Prevention: What is Sexual Harassment? training covers the following topics:

Module 1: What is Sexual Harassment

  • Understanding Sexual Harassment
  • Quid Pro Quo vs. Hostile Work Environment
  • What is NOT Sexual Harassment (Yet!)


After completing this course, learners will be able to:

  • Recognize behavior that constitutes sexual harassment
  • Discuss the individual impact of sexual harassment
  • Discuss the organizational impact of sexual harassment
  • Explain the differences among quid pro quo and hostile work environment
  • Recognize behavior that may not be considered legally actionable sexual harassment
     
Sexual Harassment Prevention: Civility in the Workplace

 

This module helps learners assess the professionalism of a situation, describe methods for conscious inclusion to combat unconscious bias, explain ways to hold each other accountable, and recognize and avoid acceptance or "normalizing" of inappropriate behavior.

J. J. Keller's Sexual Harassment Prevention: Civility in the Workplace training covers the following topics:

Module 2: Civility in the Workplace

  • It Starts With YOU
  • Hold Each Other Accountable
  • Put an End to "Normalizing"


After completing this course, learners will be able to:

  • Assess the professionalism of a situation
  • Describe methods for conscious inclusion to combat unconscious bias
  • Explain ways to hold each other accountable
  • Recognize and avoid acceptance or "normalizing" of inappropriate behavior

 

Sexual Harassment Prevention: Taking Action

 

This module helps learners determine if sexual harassment has occurred, explain methods to stop harassment, explain how to provide corrective feedback to a harasser, and discuss ways to support a victim.

J. J. Keller's Sexual Harassment Prevention: Taking Action training covers the following topics:

Module 3: Taking Action

  • Stop the Harassment
  • Intervene
  • Direct
  • Elevate
  • Approach


After completing this course, learners will be able to:

  • Determine if sexual harassment has occurred
  • Explain methods to stop harassment
  • Explain how to provide corrective feedback to a harasser
  • Discuss ways to support a victim
     
Sexual Harassment Prevention: Addressing Harassment

 

This module Helps learners describe the steps for proper documentation, explain how to report an incident, and recognize when an incident may require outside help.

J. J. Keller's Sexual Harassment Prevention: Addressing Harassment training covers the following topics:

Module 4: Addressing Harassment

  • Document Everything
  • Report It
  • Escalate the Isue if Necessary


After completing this course, learners will be able to:

  • Describe the steps for proper documentation
  • Explain how to report an incident
  • Recognize when an incident may require outside help
     
Sexual Harassment Prevention: What Happens Next?

 

This module helps learners discuss the importance of thorough investigations, recognize forms of retaliation, describe steps to document and report retaliation, and discuss the importance of providing support.

J. J. Keller's Sexual Harassment Prevention: What Happens Next? training covers the following topics:

Module 5: What Happens Next?

  • Investigations
  • Retaliation
  • Moving Forward


After completing this course, learners will be able to:

  • Discuss the importance of thorough investigations
  • Recognize forms of retaliation
  • Describe steps to document and report retaliation
  • Discuss the importance of providing support
     
Sexual Harassment Prevention: Additional Management Responsibilities

 

This module helps learners identify the risks involved with allowing a culture of harassment, explain the benefits of building a harassment-free workplace, describe how to respond to a report of sexual harassment, discuss how to proceed with a claim of harassment on social media, and discuss steps for resuming normal operations.

J. J. Keller's Sexual Harassment Prevention: Additional Management Responsibilities training covers the following topics:

Module 6: Additional Management Responsibilities

  • It starts with YOU
  • Responding to a report
  • Returning to business as usual


After completing this course, learners will be able to:

  • Identify the risks involved with allowing a culture of harassment
  • Explain the benefits of building a harassment-free workplace
  • Describe how to respond to a report of sexual harassment
  • Discuss how to proceed with a claim of harassment on social media
  • Discuss steps for resuming normal operations
     
Sexual Harassment Prevention: Additional Training for Retail Environments

 

 

This module is designed to help identify and respond to sexual harassment in the retail industry. Specifically, this training will teach employees how to recognize illegal behavior from coworkers and customers, and how to respond in the unfortunate event that it does occur.

J. J. Keller's Sexual Harassment Prevention: Additional Training for Retail Environments training covers the following topics:

Module 7: Additional Training for Retail Environments

  • It Can Happen Anywhere
  • Recognize Normalizing
  • Bystander
  • IDEA™ Anti-Harassment Actions


After completing this course, learners will be able to:

  • Recognize Normalizing in the retail industry
  • Explain how to respond to harassment by choosing an appropriate IDEA™ Anti-Harassment Action
     


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"I recommend this training..."

Shannon L. Rawski, Ph.D. - Expert in Sexual Harassment & Sexual Harassment Training… to any company looking to prevent sexual harassment with an evidence-based product that builds up employees’ competencies for bystander intervention. The bystander approach is based on my own research on employee reactions to sexual harassment training and is designed to reduce backlash reactions to training. J. J. Keller’s training doesn’t stop at presenting the legal definitions; it helps employees understand the social complexity of sexual harassment and ways to establish respectful workgroup norms.

Shannon L. Rawski, Ph.D.
Expert in Sexual Harassment & Sexual Harassment Training

Dr. Shannon L. Rawski is an assistant professor of Human Resource Management at University of Wisconsin — Oshkosh and a consultant at Thrive Mind Consulting, LLC, specializing in assessing and improving sexual harassment training effectiveness. Her research was featured at TEDxOshkosh and has been cited by popular media such as the The New York TimesThe Washington PostThe Wall Street JournalFortune Magazine and more.

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