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how organizations should respond to rape in the workplace
Author(s) -
Lee Ellen,
Kleiner Brian H.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of employment counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.252
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 2161-1920
pISSN - 0022-0787
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-1920.2003.tb00862.x
Subject(s) - psychology , variety (cybernetics) , workplace violence , sexual assault , work environment , social psychology , work (physics) , public relations , applied psychology , human factors and ergonomics , poison control , job satisfaction , medical emergency , medicine , political science , engineering , mechanical engineering , artificial intelligence , computer science
Each year, approximately 51,000 incidents of rape and sexual assault occur in the workplace. If an incident of rape occurs in the workplace, management can adopt several procedures for both the assaulted victim and the organization. First, encourage coworkers to show support for the victim. Second, plan the employee's return to work. Third, provide career and other forms of counseling and assistance for the victim. Fourth, and most important, show concern for the employee. An organization can use a variety of administrative controls and environmental designs as preventive measures to help protect employees from being raped or sexually assaulted in the workplace.