Diversity Flashcards
Preventing complaints supervisors should
MONITOR- the work environment daily for signs of harassment/discrimination
REFRAIN- from encouraging or participating in acts that could be perceived as harassment/discrimination.
COUNSEL- employees on prohibited behavior
STOP- any acts that may be considered harassment and take steps to intervene even if the employees involved are not under their supervision
TAKING- immediate action to limit work contact between two members where there has been a complaint
REPORT- all complaints of harassment/discrimination to the office of employment diversity whether witnessed or reported, formally or informally
Mission of office of employment diversity is two fold
1) provide continuous training to all department members to increase awareness of our culturally diverse community and police dept. to reduce complaints of harassment, discrimination and bias based policing issues
2) to provide objective, thorough and confidential investigations of those complaints that do arise.
Employment diversity and IAB handle which type of diversity/harassment complaints
ED handles internal complaints IAB- handles external
ED handles complaints based on discrimination, diversity and harassment of what
race, religion, sex, national origin, color, age, disability, sexual orientation, political affiliation, or veteran status
Employment practices that appear neutral but have a disproportionately negative effect on members of a protected class.
Adverse impact
All complaints of discrimination and harassment will be reviewed by the EDS ____ ___ using federal, state laws and EEOC standards as a guideline
EDS director
To start the complaint process contact any supervisor, EDS or IAB to help in filing the complaint. Forwards that to the EDS director including all pertinent information within ___ days of the last incident.
300
complaints of harassment and/or discrimination or sexual harassment are taken seriously and will be dealt with ___, ___, ____ and _____
promptly, thoroughly, impartially and equitably
Complaints that do not address diversity issues will be directed to alternate forms of resolution. The following forms are available:
Mediation, conflict resolution and IAB. IAB is used when the reported conduct is not based on a protected class as defined by federal or state law or dept policy but still warrants resolution.
Conflict resolution is?
A wide range of processes for alleviating or eliminating sources of conflict, utilizing a neutral third party. Once started this process is mandatory for all parties involved.
Determining what constitutes discrimination under this policy will be accomplished on a ___ by ___ basis.
case by case
Discrimination is further broken down into ____ impact and ____ treatment
adverse and disparate
What is Discrimination
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an ACT, PRACTICE or PATTERN of behavior based on an individuals race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, military service, sexual orientation. genetic information or political affiliation.
Define Disparate treatment?
A member is intentionally treated differently from other similarly situated members based on that member belonging in one or more of the protected classes.
EDS complaints will be accepted from?
Any source, whether in person, by mail, email or telephone.