An anti-harassment policy is a document is a protocol used as guidance in the decision-making process regarding harassment of employees by fellow employees. The purpose of the anti-harassment document mainly is to provide guidance of to how to handle harassing cases in the workplace (Jasper, 2002). This may be sexual harassment, superiority complex and gender related cases.
With the introduction of this policy, there will be laid down procedures on how to handle workplace harassment cases. This will also minimize harassments in the workplace, as the employees will be aware of the policy hence adhering to the law. This in general will reduce your work as the CEO of dealing with the cases, and time lost in such events will be minimized ensuring increased productivity by every individual.
Nonexistence of this policy somehow policy in the organization somehow promotes harassment by workers as they have the knowledge that not much will be done to them, hence implementation of this policy may change their way of thinking and focus on their work and minimization of harassment in the workplace (Heyser, 2010). With harassment taking place, worker productivity is low due to the low morale among the junior workers and relaxation by the senior workers (Jasper, 2002). Implementation of this policy will increase workers’ productivity, as it will lower workplace harassment as the workers due to the policy.
The policy will be distributed to various heads of departments who are to create a copy to each of his or her subordinates (American Management Association, 1961). A notice of its existence will be placed on the various noticeboards to notify the members of its existence. The CEO should call for a forum where the BOG, all heads of departments and all managers should attend hence providing grounds to unveil the policy (Podnar, 2012). The notice for existence of the policy will be placed on the noticeboards with each employee receiving and individual memo from the head of department.
References
American Management Association (1961). Superior-subordinate communication in management. New York: American Management Association.
Heyser, M. (2010). Litigating the workplace harassment case. Chicago: American Bar Association, Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section.
Jasper, M. C. (2002). Harassment in the workplace. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y: Oceana Publications, Inc.
Podnar, K. (2012). Corporate communication. Harlow: Pearson Education.
