New Horizons Computer Learning Center
410-597-9722

Sexual Harassment Prevention

Course Length: 1 Day

Overview:
In this course, students will learn to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace and respond appropriately if they or one of their co-workers is being harassed.

Course Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Avoid sexually harassing behavior, realize the cost of sexual harassment to an organization, and identify the psychological, health-related, and career-related effects of sexual harassment
• Describe the law against sexual harassment and the types of sexual harassment, and understand an organization's liability if a non-employee harasses an employee
• Identify behaviors constituting verbal, nonverbal, and quid pro quo types of sexual harassment, types of sexual harassment behaviors, and recognize the impact of sexual harassment in the workplace
• Prevent sexual harassment in the workplace, respond appropriately if you or your co-workers are being harassed, and handle personal conversations in the workplace
• Identify the need for a sexual harassment policy in an organization, respond appropriately to the employee being harassed and to the accused, and identify the repercussions of sexual harassment on the organization

Course Content

Lesson 1: Defining Sexual Harassment

• Sexual harassment
• Effects of sexual harassment

Lesson 2: Understanding Legal Issues

• Legal issues in sexual harassment

Lesson 3: Recognizing Harassing Behavior

• Sexually harassing behavior

Lesson 4: Taking Action

• Preventing sexual harassment
• Actions for sexual harassment victims

Lesson 5: Understanding Management Issues

• Sexual harassment policy

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