Question

How is Discrimination/Harassment addressed in an organization? Do you have any suggestions for improvements?

Answer 1

                                    Harassment and discrimination are harmful to an organization and till date various measures have been implemented by the organizations to counter these acts that tends to happen within an organizational framework. Anti-discriminatory policies and actions are issued by each and every organization and forms the basic necessity to maintain harmony and efficiency in an organizational framework. The following are the various ways in which discrimination and harassment are addressed in an organization.

· Implementation of various acts that have been issued in the state that aims at preventing the rights at workplaces.

· Conducting frequent checks on subjects within the organization to understand the level of discrimination occurring within the organization

· Arranging for complaint boxes in each and every department and also authorizing someone to study the various complaints regarding these on a weekly basis.

· Taking appropriate actions on those who violates any standards set by the organization regarding treatment of co-workers.

· Imparting education and training programs so as to make each worker understand their rights and limitations within an organizational framework and thus to make sure that each employee knows as to what should be their basic behaviour in an organization.

· Following an accommodation policy so as to protect those who have been discriminated badly within the framework of an organization

                                      The above policies are general policies that are being followed by an organization so as to effectively contain various anti-discriminatory acts within the organization. The following innovative mechanisms could also be implemented to address these issues

· With advancement in technologies, each employee could be made available of an application in the mobiles so as to indicate a remark as soon as possible for any discriminatory practices that has happened.

· Formation of a squad within the organization for quality checks and getting responses about the working condition on a weekly basis so as to identify any possible threats to any of the staff.

                                         Discrimination and harassment within an organization would lead to destroying the organization itself and thus all the above must be implemented on a strict basis so as to curtail any such happenings within an organizational framework.