
Sexual Harassment in the workplace
Lesson Information
Lesson 1
Understanding Sexual Harassment
This lesson provides an overview of sexual harassment and gender-based violence and the legislative definitions associated with it.
- General overview
- A look at definitions
- SH as a form of Gender Based Violence?
Lesson 2
The most common forms of discrimination
This lesson educates on how to identify discrimination and sexual harassment. Through the use of examples and statistics, the learner is given insight into identifying typical manifestations of sexual harassment.
- Where, why and how does SH occur?
- The most common forms of sexual harassment
- Toward better understanding
Lesson 3
A legal and costing framework
The legal framework is discussed with reference to the financial cost associated with gender based violence and sexual harassment. It elaborates on the effects of sexual harassment, addressing the career, medical and psychological associated costs.
- What the law says
- The financial cost
- The human cost
Lesson 4
Managing SH in the work place
This lesson offers guidelines to everybody involved when sexual harassment should occur in the workplace. It provides guidance to employers, victims of harassment and the accused.
- Employer guidelines
- Complainant guidelines
- Respondent guidelines
Lesson 5
The need for a Policy
In this lesson, you will be educated on guidelines related to the code of conduct, the required contents of solid policy as well communication around such policy.
- Why have Policy?
- The basic policy structure
- Communication of the policy
Lesson 6
The Disciplinary process (Part 1)
This lesson is the first of two parts related to the disciplinary process following sexual harassment. It covers methods, structures and roles involved in the process.
- Formal v Informal
- The basic procedural structure
- The role players
Lesson 7
The Disciplinary process (Part 2)
This lesson details incremental and zero-based budgeting and discusses the differences and details between them. It also touches on the details related to budgeting control. Topics in this lesson include:
- Incremental and zero-based budgeting
- Characteristics of good budgeting control
- Incremental vs zero-based budgeting
Lesson 8
Mediation as a procedural alternative
Mediation can be considered as an alternative in dealing with sexual harassment charges. In this lesson you will be exposed to mediation under the following topics:
- What is mediation?
- Can sexual harassment be mediated?
- The challenges for the mediator
Lesson 9
The need for leadership
With the increasing tendency to lean heavily on leaders in organisations, the topic of sexual harassment is no exception. This lesson will discuss the role of leadership under the following topics:
- The need for leadership involvement
- Training and education of leaders
- Leadership qualities
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Francois Botha
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