Making Advances

Synopsis: Training in sexual harassment awareness, with material that will enable companies to tailor training to their specific needs. Each video contains pauses for discussion, exercise and role play.
1: Establishes what sexual harrasment is, how widespread it is, where it comes from and its impact on victims.
2: Looks at workplace culture and the prevalence of prejudice and sexism, and demonstrates how the abuse of power undermines, isolates and intimidates individuals in the workplace.
3: Addresses the responsibility that companies have to combat sexual harrasment, and examines the legislation which defines this responsibility.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 18, 14, 10 min.
Year of production: 1993
Availability: Sale; 1997 sale: £395.00 (+VAT +p&p) set
Documentation: Accompanying 80-page facilitator’s guide by Dr Carrie Herbert.
Subjects: Business studies
Keywords: personnel management; sexual harassment

Director

Yvette Vanson

Producer

Yvette Vanson

Writer

Tony Wardle

Cast

Emma Freud

Title: Myths, males and myopia
Synopsis: 1: Establishes what sexual harrasment is, how widespread it is, where it comes from and its impact on victims.
Title: Naming the beast
Synopsis: 2: Looks at workplace culture and the prevalence of prejudice and sexism, and demonstrates how the abuse of power undermines, isolates and intimidates individuals in the workplace.
Title: Paying the price
Synopsis: 3: Addresses the responsibility that companies have to combat sexual harrasment, and examines the legislation which defines this responsibility.

Name: BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning
Contact: Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)
Email: BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com
Web: https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window
Phone: +44 (0) 20 8433 1009
Address: BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK
Notes: The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’

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