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A.C.T. with Integrity™: Real Situations for Discussion (Original)
Discrimination. Theft. Dishonesty. Are your employees prepared to face ethical issues and respond in ways that meet the high standards of your organization and adhere to the letter of the law? Equip employees to make the right choices in tough ethical situations.
The Americans with Disabilities Act (from It's the Law™)
Both the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - which applies to Federal employers and Federal Government contractors - and The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 - which applies to private employers - promote and expand employment opportunities for millions of people who have a mental or physical disability.
Equal Employment (from It's the Law™)
Modern day federal equal employment laws began with the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and amendments to it and interpretations by the courts. It’s important to understand that sex discrimination law protects persons of all sexes, gender identities, and sexual orientations-including cisgendered men and heterosexuals. Also, race discrimination law protects persons of all races, including Caucasians. Basically, almost every applicant, employee, or former employee is now protected from discrimination because of their membership in groups protected by law.
Understanding Retaliation (from It's the Law™)
Under federal, as well as many state and local employment laws, retaliation is defined as any adverse action taken because the employee engaged in an activity protected by law that would either dissuade a reasonable person from engaging in that protected activity or punish them for having done so.
Did You Hear the One About?
This vignette effectively demonstrates the the point at which workplace jokes can cross the line and become harassment.
FOSA™ Model at Work (from FOSA™ Documenting Discipline)
It's often tough knowing what to do when poor performance hits you day-in and day-out. The FOSA™ process is available to get people moving in the right direction by leveraging the power of progressive discipline.
Preventing Workplace Bullying: How to Recognize and Respond to Bullies at Work™
This program is about recognizing and preventing bullying in the workplace. Bullying can happen in any size organization and in any department. Awareness is paramount. It is everyone's responsibility to prevent it.
Illegal Harassment (from It's the Law™)
Harassment is conduct motivated by a protected characteristic, that’s unwelcome, and severe or pervasive, and that unreasonably interferes with an individual's work performance or creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment. That’s a mouthful, but it’s really not that hard to spot hostile environment harassment. For instance, when someone creates an uncomfortable work environment for another employee by always referring to them as “dinosaur,” “the old guy,” “grandpa,” or “Boomer,” it can be considered a form of illegal harassment. And it's a manager's responsibility to make sure it doesn't happen.
Preventing Workplace Bullying: Manager's Module
A module specifically created for managers covering the bullying topic and how to address and prevent it in the workplace.
Workplace Bullying: The School Principal
A teacher takes necessary steps. Review Organizational Polices, Document actions and responses, Involve HR or management, Formalize complaint.
Workplace Bullying: Stand Up for Others
A coworker stands up for another coworker who is bullied by an employee of another company (vendor).
I Will if You Will...
A very effective and to-the-point vignette that deals with anti-gay and anti-diverse behavior in the workplace.
Sexual Harassment: It Can Happen Here™
Sexual harassment can occur in businesses of all sizes and industries, with potentially devastating consequences. This program presents a series of compelling scenarios to provide the foundation your workforce needs to prevent and address such behavior before it escalates.
Just Some Good Clean Fun (M.E.E.T.™ Resolution)
When humor in the workplace becomes inappropriate - teasing that leads to hazing. This video shows how quickly 'having fun' can turn to harassment.
Beyond Sexual Harassment™ Other Forms of Harassment and Discrimination (Employee Version)
This program is designed to stimulate discussion about the non-sexual forms of harassment in the workplace, including religion, age, race, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, disability and retaliation. This video program will provide employees with valuable tools to help eliminate the emotional and financial problem of harassment in the workplace. The eight stop-and-discuss video vignettes are designed to show employees what constitutes unprofessional, unacceptable or illegal behavior-and how to handle harassment when it does occur.
Legal Briefs™ Workplace Privacy - Does It Really Exist?
Do your managers clearly understand the rules about privacy in the workplace? This program examines employees’ right to privacy and your organization’s rights to protect its information and property. Managers will learn how to effectively and legally establish, document, communicate and enforce policies regarding privacy.
PREVAIL!® Bank Overview
Bank personnel threats can come from both a robbery or an active shooter event. Staying safe in either situation is paramount. The key is to focus on the options you have in your workplace – and use the skills & response principles presented to overcome and prevail!
PREVAIL!® Understanding the Adversary™
When a shooting happens, it’s tragic, pointless and many times preventable. When these events happen, you might wonder, “What’s wrong with that person?”; “Why would someone do something like that?” We’ll take a closer look at the people who perpetrate these attacks and answer some of these questions.
All That Cash
An action that violates a person’s moral code may not cause someone to be fired, fined or jailed, but such actions are nevertheless wrong. Doing the wrong thing can erode trust, damage relationships and harm others.
Allowing the Victim to Dictate Actions (from Legal Briefs™)
When it comes to harassment and discrimination cases, there are clear steps in how to address and investigate. Those rules should be defined in the organization's harassment prevention policies.
Bad Day at Work (from Good People, Bad Choices™)
This vignette discusses the inadvertent compromising of confidential information (impending lay-offs, new product development, etc.).
Better Than Budget (from Good People, Bad Choices™)
This vignette looks at the scenario of budgets. With tight budgets, what do you do if you are under budget for the year? Spend the surplus? Get creative with spending?
Common ADA Question About Performance Issues
Answers the question,"How can a manager deal with performance issues when it comes to someone who is covered by the ADA?"
Common ADA Questions (Hiring)
Answers the question,"Do you have to hire someone just because he or she has a covered disability, even if they cannot perform an essential function of the job?"
Dealing with Workplace Dating (from Legal Briefs™)
Workplace dating can be a tough topic to tackle... especially if it happens between managers and direct reports. Get in front of the situation by understanding the issues and how your harassment and discrimination policy guides your steps.
Did You Hear About...?
How many times have you found out something about somebody you work with and - you don't mean to – but you start treating the person differently. Believe it or not, that could end up being a bad thing. Gossip in the workplace usually ends up bad...for everyone.
Did You Read That Story in the Paper?
Reacting to a disturbing performance review with veiled threats
Discipline & Termination: Avoiding Discipline
This video clip covers possible legal implications if a manager avoids taking appropriate disciplinary action with an employee.
Discipline & Termination: Documenting Correctly
This video clip covers the legal implications of under-documenting and over-documenting performance issues as well as the importance of documenting correctly.
Discipline & Termination: Inconsistent Discipline
This video clip discusses the possible legal implications if a manager does not use consistent disciplinary action with all employees.
Discipline & Termination: Preparing to Terminate
This video clip tackles the issue of not being prepared for a termination meeting and how it can cause managers to say or do something inappropriate and/or illegal.
Everyone Does It (from Good People, Bad Choices™)
Copyright infringement is illegal. This vignette shows how an innocent phrase "Everybody Does It," can lead to big consequences.
Failing to Enforce Organizational Policy (from Legal Briefs™)
Failing to implement and especially failing to enforce your organization's harassment and discrimination prevention policies can lead to big problems for you... and the organization. This short video discusses the consequences of failing to enforce harassment prevention policies and procedures.
Failing to Prevent All Forms of Harassment (from Legal Briefs™)
The consequences of not preventing workplace harassment are just too detrimental. This short video outlines those very consequences of failing to prevent harassment and discrimination.
Gina's Fan
Clearly communicate that you will have zero-tolerance for any e-mail communications with repeated requests for dates, sexually suggestive comments, jokes, or Internet links to sexually suggestive sites.
Gina's Fan (Employees)
Vignette shows co-worker sending email communications with sexually suggestive comments, requests, jokes, or internet links to sexually suggestive sites - creating a hostile work environment.
Good People, Bad Choices - Video Introduction
This vignette introduces the concept of ethics in the workplace. Defining ethics and ethical behavior.
Good People, Bad Choices - Video Summary
Summary vignette for the Good People, Bad Choice program. An ethical "to do" list of questions is presented.
He’s Big…Really Big
Discussions with co-workers that ridicule or disrespect anyone because of a protected class status can be offensive and lead to an accusation of discriminatory harassment. Insensitive remarks about an overweight co-worker can lead to the perception of harassment.
I Quit! (from FOSA™ Documenting Discipline)
Sometimes things just don't work out. You've used progressive discipline to help bring issues to the forefront. With FOSA™, you gave ample opportunities for improvement. It's up to the employee to make those changes stick.
I've Had It With This Place
When uncontrolled emotions and fits of temper turn disruptive and threatening. It’s our job to recognize warning signs and then tell someone in authority...before it’s too late.
If I'm History, So Is He!
Making open threats against a manager.
It Will Change Your Life!
It can be one thing to casually invite someone to attend religious services with you, or to occasionally mention a religious belief or practice. But when you repeatedly and openly talk about your religious beliefs, or proselytize, to the point that it offends a co-worker, you can easily be accused of harassment.
It’s All Good (from Good People, Bad Choices™)
A newly approved vendor sends an expensive gift to an employee. This vignette addresses the perceptions (and sometimes the reality) of accepting gifts.
Just Some Good Clean Fun
When humor goes too far and becomes inappropriate teasing and/or hazing.
Legal Briefs™ Recruiting and Hiring: Avoiding Illegal Questions
Avoiding illegal questions during the interview process.
Legal Briefs™ Recruiting and Hiring: Conducting Legal Reference Checks
Conducting legal reference and background checks.
Legal Briefs™ Recruiting and Hiring: Describing the Job
The importance of using job-specific language and not exaggerating the benefits of a job during the recruiting and interviewing process
Legal Briefs™ Recruiting and Hiring: Promoting Diversity Legally
Dealing with members of a federally-protected status group during the recruiting and interviewing process.
Legal Briefs™ Recruiting and Hiring: Protected Classifications
The importance of avoiding reverse discrimination in the recruiting and hiring process.
Legal Briefs™ Workplace Privacy: Managing Expectations of Privacy
Managing employees' expectations of privacy in the workplace.
Legal Briefs™ Workplace Privacy: Privacy in Cyberspace
The internet and social media have created new areas of concern for managers. You might wonder, how can privacy law even be an issue for something that is so public? Well, the answer is, there are at least two kinds of privacy. One is where we have to keep confidential information… confidential. But the other is where an employer is not allowed to consider an employee’s private life, even if that life is very public.
Legal Briefs™ Workplace Privacy: Protecting Confidentiality of Employee Records
You have a responsibility to safeguard employee records by ensuring that confidential information is kept in appropriate confidential files, preferably in a locked cabinet or office. Neglecting to take action to correct filing problems could open your organization up to a lawsuit.
Legal Briefs™ Workplace Violence: An Employee with a Temper
Dealing with hot tempers that could potentially lead to workplace violence.
Legal Briefs™ Workplace Violence: Dealing with an ADA-Protected Employee
Responding to unprofessional or violent behavior when dealing with an ADA-protected employee.
Legal Briefs™ Workplace Violence: Employee Who Threatens an Outsider
Discusses how an employee who makes threats toward persons who do not work for their organization can still impact the organization's susceptibility to hostile work environment issues and other lawsuits.
Legal Briefs™ Workplace Violence: Investigating Rumors of Threats
The importance of investigating rumors of threats regardless of who is involved.
Legal Briefs™ Workplace Violence: Pre-Employment Screening
Obtaining permissions for pre-employment screening
Let's M.E.E.T.™ Conflict Resolution Module
Help managers meet compliance standards for harassment-prevention training by using the M.E.E.T.™ model in everyday interactions.
Listen, I Was Just Wondering...
Could an unwelcome pursuit can become harassing behavior? What if it was a manager pursuing an employee? Fishing in the company pond for romance does happen, but there is more at risk than just rejection. Supervisors and managers should never proposition subordinates. Even social invitations between co-workers need to be carefully asked.
Mine to Take (from Good People, Bad Choices™)
In this vignette, an employee puts a co-worker in a tough spot by faking illness in order to get non-requested time off for her dream vacation.
No Harm, No Foul (from Good People, Bad Choices™)
This vignette discusses using inaccurate information - even though it's wrong to do so. Sometimes there is information that should not be kept confidential.
No Mistakes! (from FOSA™ Documenting Discipline)
Everybody makes mistakes. That's a true statement. But the expectation should be that we get all the work done and that it's 100% accurate. This video walks through setting accuracy/work expectations.
Nobody Will Ever Know
Many people have misconceptions about retaliation in the workplace. It is up to you, as a person in a leadership position, to recognize these behaviors and take appropriate action.
Preventing Workplace Bullying: Program Summary
Knowing the definition of workplace bullying is just the start. You need to recognize and address bullying immediately. Have an action plan based on organizational policy. Get HR and management involved quickly.
Put Warning Lights on You
You know, some of us figure a pregnant joke or two is just something that comes with the territory. It's no big deal. Well, those days are over. This video shows how a simple joke or two might lead to harassment. Remember, when it comes to your co-workers - the safest thing to do is… if you can't say something nice... just don't say anything at all.
Recognizing & Stopping Harassment (from Legal Briefs™)
When it comes to preventing workplace harassment and discrimination, you need to recognize it... and quickly. This video outlines how to recognize and stop both.
Recognizing Bullying Behavior
Why is it important to know what behavior is “bully behavior”? Because if you are going to stop it, you first have to identify it; you also have to acknowledge that the behavior was hurtful, intended, happening more than once and purposeful.
Recruiting & Hiring (from It's the Law™)
When it comes to recruiting and hiring, there's a lot you need to know as a manager - unless of course you want to spend the next the next couple of years working with me to try to justify your actions to a jury. A variety of state, federal, and local laws impact how you recruit, hire, and promote people. The best way to ensure that everything is on the up and up is to make sure that every decision is based on the person's ability to do the job!
She's the One
Dealing with third-party sexual harassment and the fear of retaliation.
Straight TALK™ - A Spotlight on Retaliation
Preventing retaliation in the workplace is of utmost importance - not only to ensure a productive work environment, but to also keep the company (and their managers) out of court. This new Straight TALK™ series focuses on the definition and employment issues around retaliation. Intended for managers and supervisors, this series gets straight to the point by providing easy-to-understand information - directly from Sollah's premiere subject matter experts.
Substance Abuse: Intervention
How to legally intervene when a manager suspects substance abuse.
That Wasn't a Smart Thing to Do...
Frequently cornering a coworker; isolation and intimidation. A good look at how intimidation might lead to more.
That’s What I’m Hearing (from Good People, Bad Choices™)
Privy to some insider information, an employee decides to change her 401K allocation.
The Birthday Girl (Inappropriate Touching)
It should seem obvious by now, but touching in the workplace is a slippery slope when it comes to being legal. This short video shows how inappropriate touching and affection can lead to sexual harassment.
The Family & Medical Leave Act (from It's the Law™)
One of the things you hear more and more about these days is balance. You know, balancing your work and the rest of your life. And a law with the purpose of helping employees balance their work and their life is the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Private sector employers with 50 or more employees, and all schools and government employers are covered by the FMLA. It’s a complicated law and this vignette helps demystify the FMLA.
The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act - An Overview
The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act is a federal statute that was signed into law by President Barack Obama in January 2009. In this video, a legal subject matter expert explains the origin of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay case and its impact on organizations across the United States.
The New Max and Lorie (from FOSA™ Documenting Discipline)
Working through discipline issues can be tough. Working through the progressive discipline process using FOSA™ can help. Remember, you can only give your employees the advice and tools to help them... you can force them. This video is an example of how two employees respond to the FOSA™ approach.
The Oh Series™ Everyday Ethics: Around and Around We Go
Most of us like to please and help other people when we can. Such efforts are usually a great thing, although in situations where we are asked to break the law, that natural inclination to please others works against us.
The Oh Series™ Everyday Ethics: Clock Me In
We’ve all been there. It’s not uncommon to be asked to do a favor that may not be against the law, but we know that if we take that action we’ll be doing something wrong. On the surface, these favors may not seem like a big deal. In reality, something like time theft can lead to severe consequences like loss of your job, financial loss and company lay-offs.
The Oh Series™ Everyday Ethics: Divide and Conquer
Dividing up a sales territory to keep a competitor out of the bidding process is an example of an illegal bidding practice known as market division. This practice usually results in higher bid prices - hurting competition and consumers.
The Oh Series™ Everyday Ethics: Freedom
Time theft hurts the company. It also breaks trust. And if an employee gets caught while telecommuting, it’s likely the company won’t let others have those privileges. Depending on company policy, the employee could even be fired.
The Oh Series™ Everyday Ethics: Greasing the Wheels
An offer of a bribe can be direct or indirect in nature. If someone says she will give you money to send business her way, that’s pretty direct. Another supplier might not specifically ask for your business, but might offer you a nice gift or a fun trip.
The Oh Series™ Everyday Ethics: I Take Care of My Friends
When we use our business position to give special privileges to a family member…or when we exclude other suppliers in favor of someone we know… or when we accept a gift or money in exchange for using our influence on behalf of a specific supplier, we have stepped over a moral and a legal line in the sand.
The Oh Series™ Everyday Ethics: It's Expected
While bribery may be more commonly accepted in some countries, people who work for U.S. companies and organizations are expected to adhere to U.S. anti-bribery laws regardless of the country in which they’re doing business.
The Oh Series™ Everyday Ethics: Just Move It to That Column
Asking a co-worker to change an item on a financial report might not seem like a big deal, but it is. Fudging the numbers is unethical, and since Susan’s request also violates Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, it is also illegal.
The Oh Series™ Everyday Ethics: Taking Turns
We’ve all been there…when someone else acts as if violating an ethical standard or even breaking the law is just a common, everyday thing…no big deal. This is an attempt to normalize an action that is really wrong and abnormal.
The Oh Series™ Everyday Ethics: The Kickback
Asking for or receiving trips, money, or other gifts of this type in order to influence the other person’s decision is known as a kickback. This type of influence is illegal under both federal law and a number of state laws.
The Oh Series™ Everyday Ethics: The Only Game In Town
Forcing a customer to pay higher prices is known as price fixing by reducing supply. A price fixing conspiracy to reduce inventory in order to raise prices hurts the company and ultimately the customers - who end up paying higher prices.
The Oh Series™ Everyday Ethics: The Win-Win Offer
When competitors agree to inflate pricing or include unreasonable special terms in a bid resulting in the other company having a better shot at getting the contract, customers lose and reputations are damaged.
The Oh Series™ Everyday Ethics: The Write Off
Simply put, falsifying expense accounts is wrong and violates company policies. It’s not up to us to decide what should be reimbursed by the company. And requesting reimbursement for expenses that don’t meet an organization’s policy is really a form of theft or fraud.
There’s Always Potential (from Good People, Bad Choices™)
This vignette tackles the issue of presenting facts (company performance, etc.) in the best possible light - even though the facts might not be as good as presented. Many people can be impacted, especially shareholders.
This is Gonna Be a Train Wreck
Transitioning to a different gender is a deeply personal decision. There are many unknowns and the added stress of how the workplace, and even customers, will accept the transitioning employee is very real. There are a variety of Federal, state and local laws that expressly protect workers based on their gender identity and sexual orientation.
This Is Not Succession Planning!
It shouldn't surprise you that making employment decisions because you think an employee is too old can get you into a lot of trouble. Bottom line, if you target someone for negative treatment because of their age - sooner or later, you're going to end up defending yourself to your employer, to an opposing attorney, a government agency, or even a judge or jury.
Those People
Being frustrated from time to time with a coworker is natural and understandable. But when we perpetuate stereotypes about people based on things like their appearance or where they come from, that’s unprofessional. It's disrespectful. And, it may often be prohibited by policy.
Trust Me, It's Not Anonymous
Digitally Remastered! One of the biggest fears employees have about reporting potential violations is that their name or reports won't be kept anonymous or confidential. So, when we learn about employees who have concerns about any part of our business ethics and compliance program, we need to take the time to explain how our program works and encourage employees to speak up about anything they think could be a problem.
We Don't Want Him on Our Team!
We all bring our own view of the world into work every day. And sooner or later, we're going to work side-by-side with someone whose background and experiences are light-years different from ours. But treating somebody with anything less than professionalism and respect - for whatever reason – is a big mistake.
We Know What's Going On!
An effective way to show the impact of gossip and defamation of character.
Whatdaya Think of My Banana?
With all the court cases that have been going on and the changes in the laws, there are a lot of different ways that people can end up doing something that can get them into trouble. This video shows how joking and innuendos could lead to sexual harassment.
Why More Harassment Training?
Subject matter expert provides overview of harassment & discrimination and why training is needed and relevant today.