Harassment at Work and School
Reporting inappropriate behavior to a supervisor or teacher.
What is the term for working together with others to achieve a common goal?
Collaboration.
What is a common method used to resolve disputes in the workplace with the help of a neutral third party?
Mediation.
What bias makes people look for information that matches their beliefs?
Confirmation bias.
What is the guaranteed lowest hourly pay rate that employers must legally pay students?
Minimum wage.
What type of harassment involves a person in authority offering or withholding benefits in exchange for sexual favors?
Quid pro quo harassment.
What is the process of resolving a disagreement or dispute within a team called?
Conflict resolution.
What type of feedback aims to improve performance by focusing on specific behaviors and providing suggestions for improvement/
Constructive feedback.
What bias occurs when people rely too heavily on the first piece of information they encounter?
Anchoring bias
What is the right that ensures students are protected from hazards and unsafe conditions at their workplace?
Right to a safe work environment.
What is the term for adverse actions taken against someone for reporting harassment or participating in an investigation?
Retaliation.
What is the term for the phenomenon where individuals in a group or team exert less effort than when working alone?
Social loafing.
What ability helps manage emotions in conflict situations?
Emotional intelligence.
What bias involves making decisions based on the most readily available information, rather than all relevant data?
Availability heuristic.
What is the right that allows students to join or form unions to collectively negotiate with their employees?
Right to unionize.
What term is used to describe subtle, often unintentional, discriminatory comments or behaviors that can accumulate and create a hostile environment?
Microaggressions.
What collaborative technique involves team members generating creative ideas and solutions through open and unrestrained discussion?
Brainstorming.
What technique involves fully concentrating on a conversation?
Active listening.
What bias makes people believe, after an event has occurred, that they had predicted or expected the outcome all along?
Hindsight bias.
What right ensures that students are not treated unfairly at work based on race, gender, age, or other protected characteristics?
Protection from discrimination.
What legal concept holds employers responsible for the actins of their employees if they fail to take reasonable steps to prevent harassment?
Vicarious liability.
What concept in teamwork describes the tendency for individual members of a group to become less productive as the size of the group increases?
The Ringelmann effect.
What conflict resolution strategy involves each party giving up something to reach neutral agreement?
Compromise.
What bias leads people to overemphasize personality traits and underemphasize situational factors when explaining others' behavior?
Fundamental attribution error.
What is the right that allows students to report unsafe or unfair working conditions without fear of being punished or fired?
Right to file a complaint without retaliation.