Preventing Violence in the Workplace

The Government's Role in Preventing Workplace Violence

Government can play a role in encouraging the public and private sector to make the changes needed to produce a workplace free of violence. This could be encouraged by the following:

Providing companies with resources for developing violence policies and training;
Developing descriptions of what constitutes a healthy workplace environment, induding case studies and models of companies actively working to prevent violence;
Developing cost-benefit measures of a supportive workplace versus an environment where harassment, verbal or physical assaults, or even homicide occur;
Creating tax credits for companies that introduce policies and programs aimed at preventing violence;
Requiring any company or institution that receives federal funds to have violence prevention programs in place as a condition of their contract with the federal government (i.e., drug-free workplace). This would require clear models of such programs for different kinds and sizes of organizations; and
Encourage increased managerial education and awareness about psychiatric disorders and their treatment.

CMHS94 5002
1994

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