Harassment Prevention Resources
Explore resources to identify, respond, and prevent all forms of harassment in the workplace.
Anti-harassment resources
AIA is committed to helping its members foster work environments and cultures of professionalism, dignity, and respect. Harassment in any form has no place in architecture firms or anywhere in the built environment. Explore the following resources on how to identify, respond, and prevent all forms of harassment in the workplace.
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Sexual harassment in the workplace
If you are an architect or designer and believe you have been sexually harassed, here are options for you to consider.
An employee of a firm that believes he or she has been sexually harassed could report the harassment to the firm’s human resources department.
In the absence of a human resources policy or department at a firm, an employee still has options for getting his or her harassment complaint addressed. The individual can:
- • Report the harassment to a manager, leader, or owner of the firm.
- • Pursue a discrimination claim at the state level by contacting the agency that enforces the state’s human rights laws. (These agencies usually have an online complaint process.
- • Pursue a discrimination claim at the federal level by filing a charge of discrimination/harassment with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
Additional resources
Non-Discrimination, Anti-Harassment, and Complaint Policy
AIA Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Contact the AIA Board of Directors for more information.
Contributed by Peter Piven, FAIA, and Bradford Perkins, FAIA. Excerpted from Architect’s Essentials of Starting a Design Firm
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