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• Corporate Matters, Ltd. and Rutgers University are teaming up to bring you the online edition of our award-winning sexual harassment prevention program.Launch expected in the first quarter of 2002.
• View the demo.

Background:

Executive decision makers view sexual harassment training as compulsory for any organization that hopes to have a legal defense against possible liability in the event of litigation. Yet complaints and lawsuits have increased dramatically. Why? Because traditional sexual harassment training, which generally consists of a vague list of "don'ts" and the threat of punishment, does not help people to change the behavior that leads to situations of sexual harassment.

Based on years of experience in sexual harassment training, Corporate Matters has developed a unique new program designed to eradicate sexual harassment in the workplace. The program is based on studies of how people learn best. Studies show that aggressive behavior that is considered offensive can be prevented and/or changed by focusing training around empathy-centered learning rather than punishment-centered training. Our training shows real situations, created by professional actors, accompanied by commentary that integrates the human, legal, and procedural implications of the offensive behavior. The program encourages employee participation designed to create empathy and understanding between employees. For example, imagine a female employee who is enthusiastic about a company project to which she has been assigned. In a meeting, she accidentally brushes the leg of a male employee who, because of a lack of empathy, misinterprets her enthusiasm for the project as enthusiasm for him personally. He makes a pass; she feel harassed. Corporate Matters training is designed to build empathy so that such situations can be avoided.

Corporate Matters training is designed to prevent sexual harassment and will in the long run save your company the enormous amount of time and the vast expense of dealing with the process of evaluating the complaint and, if appropriate, punishing the offender. Sending an offender to individual therapy or terminating the offender has expensive side effects, such as workplace disruption, the costs of hiring and training a new employee, and possible lawsuits. Preventing harassment is, in the long run, far less costly.

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