Sexual Harassment Responsibilities
Of The Supervisor

1. Understand your organization's harassment policy
and recommended procedures for handling sexual harassment complaints.
2. Be a role model.
3. Practice effective listening skills so you can
listen actively when a person comes to you with a complaint.
4. Find out what action the employee wants to take
and how the situation has affected his or her ability to do their job.
5. Be aware of what is happening in your department
as well as in other areas of the organization.
6. Take every complaint seriously and investigate
it.
7. Correct inappropriate behavior when you see it.
Don't wait for a complaint.
8. Respect the rights of all parties.
9. Document all your discussions and talk with all
involved.
10. Inform your supervisor and/or the appropriate
company office of situations, your investigation, proposed actions, etc.
11. Follow up with the target to make sure there has
been no retaliation since the complaint and that the behavior has
stopped.
12. Don't assume that no complaints means there are
no problems in your workplace.
13. Encourage constructive dialogue about sexism and
sexual harassment.
14. Have an open door policy for sexual harassment
problems.

Of The Witness
1. When you witness sexual harassment or what you think may
be taken as sexual harassment, talk to the targets and let them know you
see what is happening. And want to be supportive.
2. Speak up when you see offensive behavior and let the
harassers know how you feel.
3. Do not tell or laugh at jokes that demean women or men.
4. Listen to target without judgment
5. Volunteer to accompany targets when they confront
harasser(s) or when they talk to the appropriate official about the
complaint.
6. Help targets find resources and experts who can help -
EAP is a good resource for confidential advice and support.
7. Remind targets that what happened is not their fault.
8. Share what you witnessed about incident with managers,
peers and others in the organization.

Of The Target
1. Trust your feelings
2. Learn about your legal rights and the organization's
policies and procedures.
3. Explain to the harasser what you find offensive about
their behavior, haw it impacts you and your expectations of their
behavior in the future.
4. Put you objections in writing and send it to the
harasser. Keep a copy for your records.
5. Tell others about the harassment including supervisors,
colleagues, union reps, etc.
6. Document all sexual harassment incidents or
conversations about incidents.
7. Document your job performance in case of any retaliation
regarding your work performance should occur.
8. Do not blame yourself and seek support.
9. Talk with others who may have been the recipients of
similar treatment from your harasser.
10. Talk to possible witnesses to enlist their support

Of The Harasser
1. Pay attention to verbal and nonverbal cues from others
to what you say and do.
2. If you think you have offended someone, discuss it with
him or her.
3. Assume that women and many men do not enjoy comments
about their appearance, do not want to hear sexually-oriented jokes or
comments and do not appreciate being touched, stared at or
propositioned.
4. If someone tells you to stop your behavior - STOP.
5. If you are a supervisor or manager, do not assume that
employees will be comfortable telling you your behavior is offensive.
6. Remember that sexual harassment is illegal.

Of The Organization
1. Have a clearly define policy and procedure related to
sexual harassment in the work place.
2. Offer periodic educational sessions about sexual harassment
3. Post the sexual harassment policy where all employees will
see it.
4. Address each complaint as soon as possible
5. Treat each case with fairness and consistency
6. Leadership within the organization has a responsibility to
provide positive modeling for
all the employees of the organization.