Announcing: a limited time only special rate for ProEthics customized live sexual harassment training!

Since the pandemic shut-down and the regrettable implosion of the #MeToo movement as a result of politicizing and hypocrisy, anti-sexual harassment workplace training has fallen to a dangerously low priority, with the result that workplace harassment, especially in professional settings, is on the rise. Moreover, remote sessions, computer training materials, and anything short of face to face, interactive staff and management sessions regarding this pernicious and persistent form of unethical conduct simply does not work sufficiently to address the problem.

In response, and to honor Women’s History Month while recognizing that the sexual harassment of males in the workplace is also on the rise, ProEthics is offering its two-hour anti-sexual harassment live and interactive training at a discounted $2500 fee (from its regular $3,500 price.) In addition, the two-hour staff and management sessions, four hours total, will also be available at a temporary discounted price of $3,000, a $5,000 value.

We are offering this in response to what is becoming a serious workplace problem, erasing what had been slow but steady progress toward eliminating this toxic behavior.

Overview

The objective of ProEthics harassment and anti-discrimination training is to create both consensus and understanding among management and staff regarding appropriate and ethical workplace conduct.  For this reason, the training emphasizes ethical considerations, common sense, and respect, as well as critical concepts such as power abuse, hostile environments, marginalizing behavior, as well as the misuse of protective regulations as coercive weapons.

Its approach is to employ humor, drama, polling and interactive discussion to keep participants engaged and attentive.

Goals

Five key goals drive the training sessions:

1. To explain and build support for the rationale, law, and ethical underpinnings of workplace harassment and anti-discrimination policies, in an interesting and non-threatening manner.
2. To engage staff and management in an interactive and stimulating exploration of potential workplace scenarios, in order to increase sensitivity to and awareness of ethical issues and inappropriate behavior.
3. To discuss various options for preventing, identifying, mitigating, and responding to harassment and discrimination situations.
4. To ensure that the creation of a harassment-free environment does not interfere with the productive, informal, and collegial workplace atmosphere of the client organization.
5. To overcome entrenched cynicism and resistance to sexual harassment regulations, and to build a consensus for ethical workplace conduct

Format

ProEthics provides sexual harassment training in a two-hour (or 90 minute) format that is tailored to the needs of each organization. The model was initially developed for training sessions held for the Departments of the Navy and Defense, as well as other federal agencies, private sector associations, and businesses. We customize each presentation to the organization client’s culture, staff make-up, history, needs and preferences.

The presentations feature a trainer/facilitator (Jack Marshall, ProEthics founder and principle trainer), reference materials for participants, and, if desired and depending on budget limitations, three professional actors (“The Ethical Arts Players”).

Content

The main body of the program is devoted to the discussion of  challenging hypotheticals ( when actors are involved, these are presented as comic skits) that illustrate  important dilemmas, issues and principles.  Each hypothetical is discussed among the participants until a consensus is developed concerning how the situation should be handled.

The lecture and discussion of hypotheticals will cover as many of the following specific issues as possible, depending on time allotted and the needs of the group. ProEthics will add additional topics if the client desires, and concentrate special attention on specific issues as well, when the client believes this is warranted.

Among the topics are:

• Sexual discrimination, overt, subtle, or unintentional
• Quid pro quo harassment
• Subtle threats
• Vertical dating
• Peer dating
• Flirting issues: “unwanted advances,” mating rituals and non-verbal communication
• Third party harassment
• Jokes and casual conversation
• Art, decorations, and environment issues
• “Glass ceiling” issues
• Consent
• E-mail, text messaging, and blogs
• Social networking sites
• Same-sex harassment
• Harassment “traps”
• The “gray areas” of harassment , marginalizing conduct and discrimination
• Misuse of the sexual harassment policies

All programs are customized according to the organization’s needs, experience, staff demographics and other factors.