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Workplace Harassment Prevention Practice

These fictional situations support a workplace discussion. They do not decide whether conduct is unlawful, replace required training, or establish compliance. Use your organization's approved policy and qualified guidance for real situations; rules vary by jurisdiction.

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Allow five to ten minutes. Each question states the policy needed to answer. Do not share real names or incident details in a group discussion or enter them into this page.

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Responding to a concern

A colleague asks someone to stop repeated jokes about their accent. The fictional policy bans such jokes. What response follows that policy?

Stop the jokes and respect the request. Continue if other people laugh. Tell the colleague to ignore it.
Answer: A.

The stated policy prohibits these jokes. Treat the concern seriously rather than relying on the audience's reaction.

An alternate reporting route

The fictional policy allows reports to HR or a manager. Your concern involves your manager. Which option follows the policy?

Report only to that manager. Use the listed HR reporting route. Wait until the manager agrees to a report.
Answer: B.

HR is an alternative route expressly allowed by the scenario. You do not need the manager's agreement to use it.

A witness's choice

You witness conduct that may breach the fictional policy, which invites witness reports to HR. What is an appropriate next step?

Post the person's name in a public chat. Promise to investigate and decide the case yourself. Use that reporting route and describe what you observed.
Answer: C.

The scenario provides a witness-reporting route. Describe observations accurately and leave fact-finding to the designated process.

Limits of a promise

A coworker wants to report a concern. Which response avoids promising something you cannot guarantee?

I can help you find the reporting process and ask how information is handled. No one else will ever learn any detail. A report guarantees a particular outcome.
Answer: A.

Do not guarantee secrecy or an outcome. Ask the designated contact how information is handled and what the process involves.

Retaliation concerns

The fictional policy prohibits retaliation and says to report concerns to HR. Someone says their shifts were cut because they raised a concern. What follows the policy?

Decide without review that it must be acceptable. Pass the concern to the designated HR route for review. Tell them reports always cost people shifts.
Answer: B.

Use the stated route so the concern can be reviewed. The short scenario does not establish the facts or decide whether the action was unlawful.

Respectful participation

The fictional training rules require anonymized examples. A participant starts naming people from a real incident. What should the facilitator do?

Ask the group to vote on who is at fault. Request more names for the discussion. Pause and direct personal concerns to the designated private reporting route.
Answer: C.

The scenario requires anonymized discussion. Redirect personal details to the appropriate reporting process instead of conducting a group investigation.

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  1. Responding to a concern

    A colleague asks someone to stop repeated jokes about their accent. The fictional policy bans such jokes. What response follows that policy?

    Answer: Stop the jokes and respect the request.

    The stated policy prohibits these jokes. Treat the concern seriously rather than relying on the audience's reaction.

  2. An alternate reporting route

    The fictional policy allows reports to HR or a manager. Your concern involves your manager. Which option follows the policy?

    Answer: Use the listed HR reporting route.

    HR is an alternative route expressly allowed by the scenario. You do not need the manager's agreement to use it.

  3. A witness's choice

    You witness conduct that may breach the fictional policy, which invites witness reports to HR. What is an appropriate next step?

    Answer: Use that reporting route and describe what you observed.

    The scenario provides a witness-reporting route. Describe observations accurately and leave fact-finding to the designated process.

  4. Limits of a promise

    A coworker wants to report a concern. Which response avoids promising something you cannot guarantee?

    Answer: I can help you find the reporting process and ask how information is handled.

    Do not guarantee secrecy or an outcome. Ask the designated contact how information is handled and what the process involves.

  5. Retaliation concerns

    The fictional policy prohibits retaliation and says to report concerns to HR. Someone says their shifts were cut because they raised a concern. What follows the policy?

    Answer: Pass the concern to the designated HR route for review.

    Use the stated route so the concern can be reviewed. The short scenario does not establish the facts or decide whether the action was unlawful.

  6. Respectful participation

    The fictional training rules require anonymized examples. A participant starts naming people from a real incident. What should the facilitator do?

    Answer: Pause and direct personal concerns to the designated private reporting route.

    The scenario requires anonymized discussion. Redirect personal details to the appropriate reporting process instead of conducting a group investigation.

Take it one step further

Identify your actual reporting options, including an alternative to your manager, using your organization's current policy. Discuss how to obtain help without disclosing personal incidents to the group.

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