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Preventing Harassment & Discrimination

Doing What’s Right

What This Means

Why This Matters

We believe that every employee should be treated with respect, regardless of their race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, age, disability, medical condition, veteran status, marital status, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. A work environment free of harassment and discrimination enables us to grow and thrive together.

• We conduct ourselves appropriately in all dealings with others • We do not tolerate any form of abuse or harassment of colleagues, business partners or anyone else with whomwe have business dealings • We have zero tolerance for unwanted verbal or physical conduct or degrading and disparaging jokes related to race, color, age, gender, sexual orientation and other categories protected by the laws that apply to us • We are conscientious about how our ac- tions and comments might be perceived or misunderstood by others • We report instances of harassment or discrimination

We are committed to maintaining a work environment in which our people are treated with dignity and respect and which is free of harassment and discrimination.

What Would You Do?

What is the best way to address this situation?

SCENARIO:

ANSWER:

Kumar supports an education program in Central America staffed by a multicultural team of US expats and local country nationals. Two members of the teamwho are managers have openly disparaged the religious practices of others, often in an open forum for all to see and hear.

This kind of behavior is clearly harassment and should not be tolerated. HR should be advised and take an active role in addressing this matter to ensure it does not happen again. The leaders in question should be held to the same standard as all employees, and this situation warrants corrective action and discipline. Every employee is entitled to be treated with dignity and respect.

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