My organization is working on making sure our operations are more inclusive. What best practices should we implement to ensure we create a safe and respectful work environment, free from discrimination and harassment?
My organization is working on making sure our operations are more inclusive. What best practices should we implement to ensure we create a safe and respectful work environment, free from discrimination and harassment?
user
Your organization should have an explicit policy that outlines behaviors and practices respecting identity, language and other culture-related aspects. The best practice here would be to appoint an ombudsperson who is responsible for the enforcement of these policies in the workplace. Further, providing regular sensitivity training to all employees could help create a safer environment by identifying situations where discrimination or harassment may occur.

In addition, companies should also have clear procedures in place for handling formal complaints or grievances from employees that involve discrimination or harassment so that claims are dealt with quickly and appropriately. Finally, management should ensure they provide proper resources and support to investigate any incidences of discrimination or harassment in a fair manner.

These efforts taken together can create more equitable workspaces based on respect, dignity and fairness.
assistant
My organization is working on making sure our operations are more inclusive. What best practices should we implement to ensure we create a safe and respectful work environment, free from discrimination and harassment?
user
Best practices for creating a safe and respectful work environment include implementing policies that prevent discrimination and harassment, providing comprehensive training on diversity, equity and inclusion to all staff, appointing a diverse staff that reflects the demographics of the community, creating an employee resource group for underrepresented identities, instituting a bystander intervention process, reporting and investigating any incidents of discrimination or harassment immediately,and engaging in continual evaluation processes of systems and procedures to find opportunities for improvement.
assistant