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    The document discusses workplace violence prevention. It defines workplace violence as any physical assault, threatening behavior, or verbal abuse occurring in the workplace. Examples of workplace violence include beatings, stabbings, shootings, rapes, threats, intimidation, harassment, and psychological trauma. Statistics provided indicate that simple assaults are most common, with over 1.5 million reported per year in the US. The document also discusses issues related to violence against women and children in India.

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    Different types of harassment and measures to prevent it

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    Harassment

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    The document discusses workplace violence prevention. It defines workplace violence as any physical assault, threatening behavior, or verbal abuse occurring in the workplace. Examples of workplace violence include beatings, stabbings, shootings, rapes, threats, intimidation, harassment, and psychological trauma. Statistics provided indicate that simple assaults are most common, with over 1.5 million reported per year in the US. The document also discusses issues related to violence against women and children in India.

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    WORKPLACE VIOLENCE

    PREVENTION

    Prevention of harassment
    Definition

    Workplace violence is any physical assault, threatening


    behavior, or verbal abuse occurring in the work setting
    A workplace may be any location either permanent or
    temporary where an employee performs any work-
    related duty
    Workplace Violence Includes:

    • Beatings • Threats or obscene


    • Stabbings phone calls
    • Suicides • Intimidation
    • Shootings • Harassment of any
    • Rapes nature
    • Near-suicides • Being followed,
    sworn or shouted at
    • Psychological trauma
    Examples

    • Verbal threats to inflict bodily harm; including vague


    or covert threats
    • Attempting to cause physical harm; striking, pushing
    and other aggressive physical acts against another
    person
    Examples

    • Verbal harassment; abusive or offensive language,


    gestures or other discourteous conduct towards
    supervisors, fellow employees, or the public
    • Disorderly conduct, such as shouting, throwing or
    pushing objects, punching walls, and slamming doors
    Examples

    • Making false, malicious or unfounded statements


    against coworkers, supervisors, or subordinates
    which tend to damage their reputations or
    undermine their authority
    Examples

    • Inappropriate remarks, such as making delusional


    statements
    • Fascination with guns or other weapons, bringing
    weapons into the workplace
    Statistics

    • Most common was simple assaults: 1.5 million a


    year
    • Aggravated assault: 396,000
    • Rapes and sexual assaults: 51,000
    • Robberies: 84,000
    • homicides: nearly 1,000
    Cont…

    • Contrary to our general belief that India is safe for


    children and women
    • more than half of Indian kids are abused (much worse
    than US or Europe)
    • more unfortunately, it’s not done by outsiders but
    relatives and family members.
    • “We only take a false pride of the fact that 70% of the
    children never reported the abuse”.
    Cont…

    • Violence against women is the fastest-growing crime in


    India
    • a recent study concluded that every 26 minutes a woman
    is molested,
    • every 34 minutes a rape takes place,
    • and every 43 minutes a woman is kidnapped,
    • according to the Home Ministry's National Crime
    Records Bureau.
    • Sexual harassment in India is termed "Eve teasing"
    and is described as: unwelcome sexual gesture or
    behaviour physical contact and advances; a demand or
    request for sexual favours; any other unwelcome
    physical, verbal/non-verbal conduct being sexual in
    nature.
    • Although there is no specific law against sexual
    harassment at workplace in India but many provisions
    in other legislations protect against sexual harassment
    at workplace,
    • such as Section 354, IPC deals with "assault or
    criminal force to a woman with the intent to outrage
    her modesty,
    • and Section 509, IPC deals with "word, gesture or act
    intended to insult the modesty of a woman.
    • Some common forms of
    workplace harassment
    • Discrimination at the workplace
    on the basis of gender, religion,
    castes, including complexion
    and looks of a person.
    • Floating rumours and
    circulating vicious slanders
    about somebody.

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