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Model Code of Conduct for Virtual Meetings

by | Oct 8, 2021 | Essential, Lab Compliance Advisor, Tool

Far from eliminating workplace harassment, telecommuting has only caused it to morph into digital forms. As a result, labs and other employers need to tweak their harassment policies to deal with the new face of harassment. The virtual meeting, in particular, has become the digital age version of the holiday office party where employees feel emboldened to do and say things they wouldn’t dream of doing and saying to co-workers in-person. How do you crack down on this behavior? The starting point is to implement a Code of Conduct Virtual Meetings. Here’s a template you can adapt.

Far from eliminating workplace harassment, telecommuting has only caused it to morph into digital forms. As a result, labs and other employers need to tweak their harassment policies to deal with the new face of harassment. The virtual meeting, in particular, has become the digital age version of the holiday office party where employees feel emboldened to do and say things they wouldn’t dream of doing and saying to co-workers in-person. How do you crack down on this behavior? The starting point is to implement a Code of Conduct Virtual Meetings. Here’s a template you can adapt.

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