Whether your enterprise is dealing with a business environment measured on a global scale or one that is confined to the local level, you will always have to deal with people. Changing economic fortunes, social interaction, and other factors too many to name can cause stress and, unfortunately, lead to people acting out in inappropriate ways at the workplace.

This customizable policy, written by Mark W. Kaelin for TechRepublic Premium, represents consensus best practices based on several HR standard-setting organizations, including the Society for Human Resource Management and the United States Department of Labor.

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PREVENTION

The best prevention strategy is to maintain an environment that minimizes negative feelings such as isolation, resentment, and hostility among employees. There are several steps that management can take to help create a professional, healthy, and supportive work environment, including:

Promoting sincere, open, and timely communication among managers, employees, and union representatives.

Offering opportunities for professional development.

Fostering a family-friendly work environment.

Maintaining mechanisms for complaints and concerns and allowing them to be expressed in a non-judgmental forum that includes timely feedback to the initiator.

Promoting ‘quality of life’ issues, such as facilities and job satisfaction.

Maintaining impartial and consistent discipline for employees who exhibit improper conduct and poor performance.

Maintaining a secure and physically safe workplace is also part of any good strategy for preventing violence.

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