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TO PREVENT SEXUAL HARASSMENT, CHANGE
THE CULTURE, SHRM CEO TELLS CALIFORNIA
LAWMAKERS
Nagele-Piazza, Lisa, SHRM-SCP, JD . HRMagazine ; Alexandria Vol. 63, Iss. 2, (Mar 2018): 67.
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ABSTRACT (ENGLISH)
Creating and maintaining a harassment-free workplace is not just a legal priority but is also essential for a healthy
workplace, Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., SHRM-SCP, president and chief executive officer of SHRM, told California
lawmakers in January.The hearing focused on best practices for cultural change regarding sexual harassment and
was a bipartisan effort to improve the culture in the state legislature.
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Creating and maintaining a harassment-free workplace is not just a legal priority but is also essential for a healthy
workplace, Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., SHRM-SCP, president and chief executive officer of SHRM, told California
lawmakers in January.
“HR can be a social force for good,” said Taylor, who spoke at a hearing of the California Legislature’s
Subcommittee on Sexual Harassment Prevention and Response.
The hearing focused on best practices for cultural change regarding sexual harassment and was a bipartisan
effort to improve the culture in the state legislature.
“Culture always trumps compliance,” Taylor said. Relying solely on rules and education to address sexual
harassment doesn’t work, he noted. Employers could demand that every employee take 10 hours of sexual
harassment training each week and harassment will still happen. Employers also should establish a healthy
culture by taking swift action, demonstrating transparency, and being practical about people and their
relationships with one another.
SHRM is committed to eliminating all forms of harassment in the nation’s workforce, Taylor said, urging the state
legislature to lead by example. Hollywood, Wall Street and the legislature are all susceptible to sexual harassment
situations, Taylor told the subcommittee.
“These workplaces are driven by complex power dynamics. A few people hold the careers and the futures of many
others in their hands,” he said.
Rules, education and training are necessary, but insufficient.
“It is a healthy culture that staves off sexual harassment,” Taylor noted. “Cultural change is the most important
thing you can do-that all of us can do-to make sure that all people in the workplace are respected, valued and
empowered to succeed.”
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To help address the issue, SHRM has launched a year-long research initiative, the Harassment-Free Workplace
Series. For more information, visit www.shrm.org.
-Lisa Nagele-Piazza, SHRM-SCP, J.D.
57% of HR professionals believe that unreported sexual harassment incidents occur to a small extent in their
organization.
76% of nonmanager employees who experienced sexual harassment within the last year did not report it.
94% of HR professionals report that their organization has a sexual harassment policy.
22% of nonmanager employees say they are not sure if their organization has a policy.
Source: SHRM Harassment-Free Workplace Series: A Focus on Sexual Harassment, January 2018, 1,078 HR
professionals and 1,223 nonmanager employees responding.
DETAILS
Subject: Sexual harassment; Human resource management; Congressional hearings; Best
practice; Corporate culture; Organizational behavior; Cultural change; Work
environment
Location: California United States–US
Publication title: HRMagazine; Alexandria
Volume: 63
Issue: 2
Pages: 67
Publication year: 2018
Publication date: Mar 2018
Section: INSIDE SHRM
Publisher: Society for Human Resource Management
Place of publication: Alexandria
Country of publication: United States, Alexandria
Publication subject: Business And Economics–Management
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Language of publication: English
Document type: News
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