Conduct a culture assessment

- Step number one in harassment prevention…is a culture assessment.…It's a good idea to understand what your culture is like now…and whether your prevention efforts so far…are sending the right message.…Ignorance is not bliss.…Knowledge is power.…And the more you know about your culture,…the more strategic your actions can be.…If you're already doing a survey,…check through the questions you're asking…and determine if any of them speak…to your harassment prevention efforts.…If you're not doing a survey of any kind currently,…I recommend you start.…

Either way, consider asking survey takers…to rate statements like,…how comfortable or uncomfortable would you feel…to talk to a coworker…who did or said something moderately inappropriate?…How comfortable or uncomfortable would you feel…to report harassment to your manager?…How positive or negative is your workplace?…I provided more details on these and other questions…in the exercise files.…When we do surveys with clients,…we always interview 10% of people chosen at random.…