Preventing Harassment Through Bystander Intervention (Chicago)

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As part of its plan to eliminate sexual harassment in the workplace, the city of Chicago requires employers to provide annual bystander intervention training for employees. Using scenario-based learning, this course gives employees the opportunity to practice decision-making and to explore safe and positive ways to intervene in sexual harassment situations in their workplace.

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Course Objectives

The course discusses how barriers like diffusion of responsibility, fear of embarrassment, or fear of retaliation can stop people from intervening. It explains Chicago’s definitions of sexual harassment and sexual misconduct, and it also includes information on how employees can report misconduct. The course teaches participants how to intervene in a safe, productive, and active way to create a workplace that’s free from harassment and discrimination

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