Eliminating Workplace Sexual Harassment, It’s Everyone’s Business
Interactive eLearning scenarios engage teams with story-driven, true-to-life situations and characters to understand and address workplace sexual harassment.
Learning Objectives & Outcomes
- Recognize behaviors of sexual harassment
- Explore impacts of workplace on employees and your organization
- Identify ways to support targeted colleagues
- Learn how leaders and witnesses should respond
Four, ten-minute animated episodes explore the challenges of employees at Future Generation, a leading (but fictitious!) manufacturer and retailer. Interactive, gamified activities to ensure the message sinks in.
Designed for jurisdictions that require anti-harassment training (California, Illinois, New York, Connecticut, Ontario.) Enhanced for states requiring up to 2 hours of learning.
The Sexual Harassment Course is separated into 4 episodes:
Episode 1: Everyone Loves the Funny Guy
What happens when the office funny guy’s jokes about the new employee cross the line?
Episode 2: You’ve Got Male
Samir doesn’t want to rock the boat, but he knows James’ insults and crude comments are off-side.
Episode 3: A Ross by Any Other Name
Who can Jasmine complain to when the harasser is her boss?
Episode 4: The Customer Isn’t Always Right
Andy is hurt when a key client makes offensive anti-gay remarks. Will he jeopardize the deal if he confronts the harassment directly?
What is Sexual Harassment in the Workplace?
Sexual harassment in the workplace is an unlawful form of discrimination. The legal definition of sexual harassment in the workplace differs depending where you live and what laws apply. Across North America, however, the behaviour and conduct that constitute sexual harassment are quite consistent across jurisdictions.
Generally, sexual harassment is defined as conduct or comments that are known (or should reasonably be known) to be unwelcome. The unwelcome comments or acts are based on a person’s sex and/or (depending on the laws of the jurisdiction) their sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.Generally, more than one comment or act is required to meet the definition, although if severe enough, a single event could suffice.
What kind of conduct and comments are we talking about? What exactly constitutes sexual harassment in the workplace? The answer is not always clear, leading a person to question, “have I been sexually harassed?” Or, “is the way I just behaved considered sexual harassment?”