Online Class: Workplace Violence — A Guide to Responding and Preventing
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15Lessons
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17Exams &
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532Students
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6Hours
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0.6CEUs
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Video Audit
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Course Description
Workplace Violence Mastery: Awareness, Prevention, and Empowerment
In today's complex and rapidly evolving work environments, the challenges we face aren't just about meeting targets or achieving KPIs. A more sinister challenge looms in the background - the specter of workplace violence. This course isn't just about providing you with facts. It's about empowering you with the knowledge, tools, and mindset to create a secure, harmonious, and thriving workplace for everyone.
If you're an individual genuinely concerned about your work environment, an HR professional aiming to safeguard the welfare of your colleagues, or simply someone eager to champion positive change in the workplace, this course is tailor-made for you.
Join us as we navigate through:
- Understanding Workplace Violence: Unpack the various definitions, and grasp the intricate nuances that differentiate one form from another.
- The Real Cost: Delve deep into the staggering statistics and uncover the true emotional, physical, and financial toll of workplace violence.
- Blueprint for Safety: Craft a robust and adaptable preparedness plan to preempt potential threats.
- Detecting Red Flags: Equip yourself with the skills to recognize early warning signs, fostering a proactive approach.
- Roots of Violence: Analyze the cultural elements that can inadvertently foster a hostile work environment.
- A Holistic Approach: Master a range of strategies from prevention to intervention, ensuring all bases are covered.
- Digital Dangers: Explore the world of cyber threats and the importance of e-safety in today's digital age.
- Special Focus: Delve into specific areas of concern like college campuses, where the merging of academic and social pressures can lead to unique challenges.
Recognizing the potential for violence isn't about instilling fear; it's about creating awareness. It's about understanding that while the threat may be real, with the right knowledge and skills, its impact can be minimized, if not eradicated.
Imagine a workplace where everyone feels safe, where every individual can flourish without the shadow of fear. This vision isn't just an ideal; it's an achievable reality. Through this course, we aim to inspire a ripple effect, one where every participant emerges as a beacon of change, championing the cause of a safe and harmonious workplace.
Join us in making the dream of violence-free workplaces a tangible reality. Let's redefine the norms and set new standards for safety, security, and harmony. The journey begins now.
Course Lessons
Lesson 1: Welcome and Overview
Workplace violence can be of concern to employees and employers around the world.Lesson 2: What are the Facts about Workplace Violence
When we look at workplace violence, we can also look at a bigger picture of facts on both workplace and domestic violence as they can be related.Lesson 3: Creating an Effective Workplace Preparedness Plan
Workers in virtually any workplace can be faced with the challenges of preventing workplace violence. One of the best ways to face the challenges is with an effective workplace preparedness plan.Lesson 4: Culture and Workplace Violence
The culture of an organization can influence workplace violence. While no culture can guarantee that there is no violence in a workplace, an organization can try to minimize the chances of a workplace violence incident.Lesson 5: Prevention and Intervention Strategies
What we do know also is that millions of people in the United States each year are victims of non-fatal workplace violence. Workplace violence is also a leading cause of fatal injuries each year in the United States.Lesson 6: Defense of Self and Others
To help individuals cope with workplace violence, the organization should have in place a way to work with media to get out the message. A spokesperson for the organization should handle this.Lesson 7: Environmental Factors and Emergency Codes
In this section, we look at a definition of duress codes and related information. This type of code is a distress signal. A person uses it when they are being coerced as during an incident of workplace violence.Lesson 8: Violence on College Campuses
The threat of violence at college campuses extends to students, faculty, staff, and the general community.Lesson 9: Increasing Awareness and Vigilance
Increasing awareness and vigilance are an important part of any successful program to minimize workplace violence.Lesson 10: Example of a Workplace Violence Program
This lesson provides you with an example of a document that describes an effective workplace violence program. We look at about a dozen sections you could create for the document and how you could handle an appendix with information that could help your organization.Lesson 11: Workplace Violence as a Global Concern
Data shows that worldwide concern is growing over workplace violence with attention to related issues coming from governments, regulatory agencies, and organizations with the International Labor Organization among them.Lesson 12: Readiness and Response Overview
Groups around the United States and world have developed programs to minimize and prevent workplace violence. These programs can help minimize threats and neutralize them.Lesson 13: Workplace Aggression
Workplace aggression, as with workplace violence, is a type of aggression and violence that we observe in a workplace.Lesson 14: Legal Obligations and Emerging Concerns
There is a legal obligation to provide a workplace that could is hazard free. This includes activities and condition the industry or an employer recognize as hazardous.Lesson 15: Overview and Conclusions
Here are some key takeaways that you should remember from this course.
Learning Outcomes
- Summarize the facts and statistics about workplace violence.
- Describe creating an effective workplace preparedness plan.
- Describe culture and workplace violence.
- Summarize prevention and intervention strategies.
- Describe defense of self and others.
- Summarize environmental factors and emergency codes.
- Summarize violence on college campuses.
- Summarize readiness and response overview.
- Summarize legal obligations and emerging concerns.
- Demonstrate mastery of lesson content at levels of 70% or higher.
Additional Course Information
- Document Your Lifelong Learning Achievements
- Earn an Official Certificate Documenting Course Hours and CEUs
- Verify Your Certificate with a Unique Serial Number Online
- View and Share Your Certificate Online or Download/Print as PDF
- Display Your Certificate on Your Resume and Promote Your Achievements Using Social Media
Student Testimonials
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