Developing A Sexual Harassment Policy

This piece therefore gives a few suggestions of factors that should necessarily be included in a sexual harassment policy, emphasising that they may not be an exhaustive list, but that in closing this chapter on sexual harassment, there are ways of getting it right. The following suggestions are just that, suggestions.

For a long time, sexual harassment policies focused on managing or trying to minimise risk, as well as ensuring legal protection. The pivotal goal was to avert vicarious liability of a company, from sexual harassment suits. The anchoring idea of this piece, however, is that sexual harassment policies should take a survivor-centred approach, and  therefore embody the principles of respect, decency and transparency in a work environment.