Self-Assessment Tool: For Leaders and Managers
The self-assessment tool below evaluates your company's position on a proactive policy on sexual harassment in the workplace. It also serves as a catalyst for initiating conversations and maintaining discussions about current policies and areas of focus.
Business leaders, managers, and policymakers can individually respond to each statement (yes or no) based on their perspective and then analyze the responses together. What does it indicate about your organization? What might be some actionable goals, and what might require longer-term investment?
| Policies and Practices | Yes/No |
Do you have adequate sexual harassment prevention and response policies? | |
Does the policy have board approval and go through regular review as part of the governance calendar? | |
Do all members of the board have an adequate understanding of sexual harassment in the workplace and its causes? | |
Are the board's sexual harassment prevention expectations clearly communicated to employees? | |
Are you confident that the directors' personal style of communicating and behaving sets the desired culture? | |
Are ethical and respectful leadership and a commitment to eliminating sexual harassment included in senior management performance indicators? | |
Is sexual harassment timely reported to the board? | |
When reviewing periodic reporting, does the board consider potential systemic issues? | |
Does the organization conduct employee surveys? Does it ask about perceptions of culture and sexual harassment? | |
Do you feel safe reporting sexual harassment? | |
Do you have confidence that the way in which you handle complaints, whether formal or unofficial, follows due process and natural justice and reflects a commitment to eliminating harassing behavior? | |
Have all managers and employees at different levels received sexual harassment training? | |
Are appropriate gender equality initiatives in place within the organization—for example, regarding leadership roles? |
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