Black Lives Matter

Working together doesn't mean that everyone in the company must share...

Tags: hostile workplace, assumptions, race, racism, political, harassment

I Hate to Ask, But ...

Gender identity and/or sexual orientation issues can lead to awkward -...

Tags: gender identity, gender, protected category, protected characteristic, harassment, transgender

Hello, I'm Right Here

Every time we engage a coworker, we send a message about...

Tags: unconscious bias, respect, mutual respect, hostile workplace, gender, bias

Workplace Conflict After Romance Ends

Two coworkers in a retail store have a brief fling. Afterward,...

Tags: dating, romance, hostile work environment, claim, conflict, workplace

Microlesson 4- There Goes the Neighborhood (TN)

Tags: politics in the workplace, conduct, harassment, microlesson

The Joke Is on Me

Comments made in fun can lighten the mood and help build...

Tags: joking, harassment, unwelcome conduct, goofing around, exclusion, reporting

Web Discussion - Response B

This is a management exercise. Employees chat on the web about...

Tags: 323, 322, series, customer service, customers, electronic communication

Language in the Lab

Conflict occurs when co-workers speak different languages in their lab. Questions...

Tags: victoria, cecilia, biotech, lab, harassment, borderline

Kitchen Banter: Response B

An employee must decide how to tell a co-worker that her...

Tags: 310, 300, series, linda , janine, religion

Kitchen Banter: Response A

An employee must decide how to tell her co-worker that her...

Tags: 311, 300, ph14, preventing harassment, harassment, borderline

Kitchen Banter

Linda starts by asking Janine if she plans to celebrate a...

Tags: branching, series, linda , janine, religion, borderline

Gender Identity & Diversity

Every kind of communication - including teasing - has a context....

Tags: unwelcome, retail, harassment, diversity, gender, gender expression

The Not So Happy Hour: Jeff

An employee goes to a happy hour with co-workers and is...

Tags: branching, discrimination, off-duty conduct, off-duty, harassment, ph11

The Stereotyping Employee

An employee jokes about his family and compares his white grandparents...

Tags: 18, harassment, discrimination, borderline, borderline conduct, stereotype

Different Languages in the Warehouse

A worker tries to "blend in" with co-workers who speak a...

Tags: cultural challenges, bias, eeo, cultural differences, national origin, diversity