Anti-Discrimination Policy
SCI Americorp has a strong policy against discrimination and it shows in the policies and procedures handbook. As you may know, SCI Americorps Anti-Discrimination policy states, “ Our policy is to provide equal opportunity for all. We do not discriminate in any aspect of employment or service because of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age, mental or physical disability (including HIV/AIDS), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, political affiliation, marital or parental status, military service or any other improper criterion”. The Anti-Discrimination policy has several pro’s that benefit the company and applicants applying to be distinctly of the program. This policy ensures that all applicants…show more content… Companies such as Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers who do not have clear examples of Sexual Harassment or even a sexual harassment policy are now being sued because there were no clear definition, and as a result an employee was violate. There are two pages dedicated to explaining Policy opposing sexual harassment in full detail, leaving no room for confusion. This policy is crucial to share with members within a company, because members should be able to come feel comfortable coming to work and conversing with other co-workers without being sexually harassed and threatened.
A pro in the Sexual Harassment policy that stood out to me was that your company provided the victims of sexual harassment the number to someone outside of the company to contact. Oftentimes, the victims predator may be a boss or someone higher up in the organization The problem would not be resolved if an individual were to take his or her problems to the one person who is causing…show more content… However, there were a couple of policies that I believe should amend or completely be removed from the policy and procedures handbook. To start with, the policy on Sexual Harassment was great; the organization did a great job breaking down what it means. It could be improved if the organization chose to talk about what steps they’re willing to take to prevent this from happening to anyone. Second, Anti-discrimination and Harassment should not be categorized under the same policy because they are not the same. When it comes to gender expression, gender identity and sexual orientation, it should be explained further because some people may not be cognizant of what the terms mean and may offend someone. Lastly, the proprietary information policy should be removed because of moral reasons. It is unethical to take a member's idea and make it the companies. If you do not choose to eliminate this policy entirely, perhaps amending the policy to sharing the invention or idea with the person who created