You Can STOP Harassment

The individual and organizational costs of workplace harassment are enormous. While sexual harassment has commanded much of the media’s attention, inappropriate and illegal behavior at work goes far beyond gender issues. In most workplaces it's all too common to find employees who have been personally touched by the intimidation and discomfort of workplace harassment - as observers, targets or as one of those accused of harassing others.

Despite the dark picture harassment can create, there is good news for organizations and employees. If we work together, we can stop harassment.

To accomplish this will take a united effort by all those affected by harassment at work. This includes the offenders, those they offend, observers of the behavior, and organizational leaders.

What distinguishes You Can STOP Harassment is its positive message. The programs in this series are not about pointing fingers and assigning blame. We all share responsibility for stopping workplace harassment. It isn’t easy work. The reasons for harassment are many and the roots run deep. Working together, however, we can make great progress toward creating workplaces where people feel safe, valued and free to do their best work.

Program Objectives

You Can STOP Harassment is intended to encourage employees, supervisors, team leaders and managers in public and private sector organizations to take responsibility to help end all forms of harassment in their workplaces.

After viewing Program 1, Taking Responsibility, and working through the printed support materials, participants should understand…

• what illegal harassment is and its impact at work
• the need to support our co-workers in facing up to harassment
• how to confront harassment to make it stop
• how to defuse disrespectful or harassing situations
• that not all harassment is intentional
• that it's the impact of our behavior that counts, not our intentions
• the importance of setting appropriate boundaries

In addition to the objectives above, after viewing Program 2, The Responsible Leader, and working through the printed support materials, participants should understand...

• the importance of modeling appropriate behavior
• the liabilities managers and organizations face
• how to handle a harassment complaint
• the danger of retaliation

We recommend supervisors and managers view both programs in the series.

Program Contents

You Can STOP Harassment is comprised of short dramatizations that explore harassment issues that are common within organizations. Each scenario is analyzed by a diverse group of legal, human resources and communications experts. These practitioners discuss the significance of the dramatization and suggest guidelines when encountering a similar situation. Several scenarios are "rewound" and played again, modeling appropriate, respectful communication.

Program 1 Scenarios (26 minutes):

1st Scenario: Sexual & gender harassment
2nd Scenario: Racial harassment
3rd Scenario: Sexual orientation harassment
4th Scenario: Religious harassment & retaliation

Program 2 Scenarios (25 minutes):

1st Scenario: Racial & sexual harassment
2nd Scenario: Ethnic & religious harassment
3rd Scenario: Same sex harassment

Support Materials

You Can STOP Harassment comes with a comprehensive Facilitator's Guide which includes handouts. When you license the program, QMR grants you permission to make as many copies of these printed handouts as you need for your organization.

QMR offers three training programs that can help California employers meet the requirements of state law AB 1825: PATTERNS, Subtle Sexual Harassment and You Can STOP Harassment. Find out more* about what the California law requires. *Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader