NEW Training Course Releases and Updates

Cybersecurity Basics

April 23rd, 2024

Cybersecurity Basics | Foundation – sifg380

With growing threats to electronic systems and programs, networks and servers, computers, mobile devices, and data, it is imperative that employees understand and use best security practices. This training describes common attack methods and provides recommendations to thwart them. It defines how to protect data, including while working away from our facilities.

Reasonable Accommodations

April 23rd, 2024

Reasonable Accommodations | Foundation – sefs383

U.S. employers must reasonably accommodate qualified applicants and employees whose sincerely held religious beliefs, practices, or observances might conflict with work requirements. Employers must make reasonable accommodations for the physical and mental impairments of applicants and employees. Some state and local laws require accommodations for other groups. Reasonable accommodations must be made unless doing so presents an undue hardship to the organization. This training provides information about and examples of disabilities, accommodations, qualified individuals, and essential job functions.

Reasonable Accommodations and Government Contractors

March 7th, 2024

Reasonable Accommodations and Government Contractors | Foundation – sefs381

U.S. Government contractors must reasonably accommodate qualified applicants and employees whose sincerely held religious beliefs, practices, or observances might conflict with work requirements. Contractors must make reasonable accommodations for the physical and mental impairments of applicants and employees. Some state and local laws require accommodations for other groups. Reasonable accommodations must be made unless doing so presents an undue hardship to the organization. This training provides examples of disabilities, accommodations, qualified individuals, and essential job functions.

Persuasive Speaking Series

February 22nd, 2024

Persuasive Speaking | Foundation – sbfg351

This training explores important elements for engaging, persuading, or motivating an audience. Speaking persuasively is easier and more effective if you understand the purpose of your presentation, the goals you are trying to reach through it, and the goals of the audience. In this course, you will learn how to craft a talk that communicates your message by coupling your words with gestures, inflection, and visuals to make them more effective.

Preparing for Persuasive Speaking | Focus – sblg351a

This training describes how to prepare for persuasive speaking by determining your talk’s scope, purpose, and format. You must also understand your audience’s demographics, goals, and motivations to tailor your presentation. You must pinpoint your message and its supporting arguments, then deliver it with authenticity to demonstrate your expertise and credibility and build rapport with the listeners.

Writing a Persuasive Presentation | Focus – sblg351b

This training explains how to apply order and structure to a persuasive talk using tried-and-true models, including Monroe’s Motivated Sequence. A strong opening, arguments supported by data, relevant anecdotes, and personal stories, a call to action, and a closing must be balanced with brevity. This training details how to increase engagement and buy-in from your audience through techniques supported by research and proven results.

Delivering a Persuasive Message | Focus – sblg351c

This training provides guidance for delivering your message with an engaging voice and gestures while maintaining good eye contact and convincing body language. It explains how to address performance anxiety and use presentation aids effectively. PowerPoint and other audio/video enhancements can amplify and clarify your message, but if poorly designed, they could confuse and distract your audience and detract from your message. You must adapt your body language and any audio/video support to your venue, so it’s important to confirm and research it early in your preparations.

Health and Safety at Work: General Workplace – Two Versions

February 14th, 2024

Health and Safety at Work: General Workplace – shfs263a

This course presents an overview of occupational safety and health issues for the general workplace, including office environments. It addresses the organization’s commitment to workplace health and safety and teaches how employees can help maintain it. This training reflects best practices outlined by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

Health and Safety at Work: General and Industrial Workplace – shfs263b

This course presents an overview of occupational safety and health issues for general and industrial workplaces. It teaches ways all employees can help promote your commitment to health and safety. This training reflects best practices outlined by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

Bystander Intervention and Sexual Harassment

January 8th, 2024

Bystander Intervention and Sexual Harassment – sefs333b

This course teaches positive actions a person or a group of people may take to prevent harm or to intervene where there is a risk or perceived risk of sexual harassment to someone. It provides guidance for safe actions that help de-escalate and deter both in-person and remote workplace sexual harassment.

Intervención de espectadores y acoso sexual – sefs333b_es_la

Este curso enseña las acciones positivas que una persona o un grupo de personas puede llevar a cabo para prevenir un daño o intervenir, algo que implica un riesgo percibido de acoso sexual a otra persona. Proporciona orientación para acciones seguras que ayudan a reducir y disuadir el acoso sexual en el centro de trabajo, tanto en persona como a distancia.

Government Contractor Code of Conduct

January 3rd, 2024

Government Contractor Code of Conduct | Foundation – scfs376

The U.S. Government and its constituents hold high expectations for government contractors and their subcontractors regarding ethics and compliance. This training overviews key responsibilities for contractors in interacting with government staff, performing on government contracts, competing in the marketplace, safeguarding sensitive information and other resources, and maintaining a responsible workplace culture. It provides an overview of ways learners can seek guidance and raise concerns to support adhering to their organization’s standards of conduct.

Bystander Intervention

December 6th, 2023

Bystander Intervention | Foundation – sefg379

This course teaches safe and positive actions an individual employee or group could take to overcome inhibitions and prevent harm or intervene where there is harassment, bullying (mobbing), or a perceived risk to others in the workplace. It equips employees with the knowledge and skills to effectively intervene in situations where someone’s safety or the organization’s values and standards are being compromised, particularly concerning the treatment of others.

Bystander Intervention | Core – secg379

This course highlights safe and positive actions an individual employee or group could take to overcome inhibitions and prevent harm or intervene where there is harassment, bullying (mobbing), or a perceived risk of harm to another in the workplace.

A Drug-Free Workplace for Government Contractors

November 21st, 2023

A Drug-Free Workplace for Government Contractors | Foundation – sefs373

Drug and alcohol abuse causes problems for employees, their coworkers, and their employer. In the case of government contractors, substance abuse disorders also present problems for the customer: the U.S. Government. Strict laws require contractors to maintain drug-free workplaces. This course provides information about the harmful effects of workplace substance abuse and ways to prevent and address it.

Government Contracting Series 

October 31st, 2023

Combating Trafficking in Persons for Government Contractors – scls358d

This training explains the risks, types of trafficking, and methods used by human traffickers. It highlights some of the processes used by unscrupulous or careless businesses and recruiters. It overviews the Federal Acquisition Regulation, which prohibits involvement with trafficking specific to U.S. Government contractors, subcontractors, and their agents.

Affirmative Action Programs for Government Contractors | Foundation – sefs375

This training explains U.S. Government contractors’ and subcontractors’ affirmative action program (AAP) obligations, including equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination expectations. It introduces AAPs that these organizations need to develop pertaining to women and minorities, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans. It provides an overview of the general elements of each program and addresses the distinction between equal employment opportunity and affirmative action.

Affirmative Action Programs for Government Contractors (Overview) | Core – secs375

This training explains U.S. Government contractors’ and subcontractors’ affirmative action program (AAP) obligations, including equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination expectations. It introduces AAPs that these organizations need to develop pertaining to women and minorities, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans. It provides an overview of the general elements of each program and addresses the distinction between equal employment opportunity and affirmative action.

Data Privacy for Government Contractors | Foundation – scfs378

This training provides an overview of data privacy requirements for U.S. Government contractors and subcontractors. The Privacy Act of 1974 applies to federal government contractors who operate systems of records containing personal information. This training defines systems of records and personally identifiable information, or PII. It describes practices agencies and contractors must observe to protect systems of records and PII.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and a Healthy Workplace Series

October 27th, 2023

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and a Healthy Workplace | Foundation – sdfg372

For employees to thrive, they need a workplace that encourages open communication, teamwork, and respect for differing ideas. This training discusses strategies for fostering such a workplace by providing psychological safety and employing cultural competence to ensure well-being at work.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Psychological Safety | Foundation – sdlg372a

Psychological safety is a shared belief held by team members that the team can safely engage in interpersonal risk-taking. This training illustrates why psychological safety is critical to a healthy workplace, organizational success, and innovation, and how to create an environment of psychological safety.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Cultural Competence | Foundation -_sdlg372b

This course explores culture and cultural characteristics, their intersectionality, the framework for building cultural competencies, and best practices in applying cultural competence in the workplace. The demonstration of cultural competence can lead to better engagement, retention, and sharing of strategies for success.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Well-Being | Foundation – sdlg372b

Employees’ sense of well-being in the workplace substantially affects their engagement and contributions to their work and the organization. When individuals from backgrounds that are non-traditional to an organization feel unincluded and lack a sense of belonging, they’re likely to feel alienated and detached from others and the organization. This training emphasizes strategies to promote workplace well-being.

HEALTHCARE 

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and a Healthy Workplace | Foundation – hc_sdfg372

For employees to thrive, they need a workplace that encourages open communication, teamwork, and respect for differing ideas. This training discusses strategies for fostering such a workplace by providing psychological safety and employing cultural competence to ensure well-being at work.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Psychological Safety | Foundation – hc_sdlg372a

Psychological safety is a shared belief held by team members that the team can safely engage in interpersonal risk-taking. This training illustrates why psychological safety is critical to a healthy workplace, organizational success, and innovation, and how to create an environment of psychological safety.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Cultural Competence | Foundation – hc_sdlg372b

This course explores culture and cultural characteristics, their intersectionality, the framework for building cultural competencies, and best practices in applying cultural competence in the workplace. The demonstration of cultural competence can lead to better engagement, retention, and sharing of strategies for success.

The Ethics in Patient Referrals Act (“Stark Law”)

October 23rd, 2023

The Ethics in Patient Referrals Act (“Stark Law”) | Foundation – scfs365

This training provides detail on the Ethics in Patient Referrals Act, also known as The Physician Self-Referral Law or the Stark Law, first passed in 1989 and amended since, restricts self-dealing by physicians and family members who make medical referrals to entities in which the physician has a financial interest. One intent is to reduce Medicare fraud. Through referrals, a physician could order unnecessary procedures, set rates higher than the market, or take other steps that would unjustly benefit the physician at the expense of taxpayers and patient healthcare.

The Ethics in Patient Referrals Act (“Stark Law”) | Core – sccs365

This training introduces the Ethics in Patient Referrals Act, also known as The Physician Self-Referral Law or the Stark Law, first passed in 1989 and amended since, restricts self-dealing by physicians and family members who make medical referrals to entities in which the physician has a financial interest. One intent is to reduce Medicare fraud. Through referrals, a physician could order unnecessary procedures, set rates higher than the market, or take other steps that would unjustly benefit the physician at the expense of taxpayers and patient healthcare.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Talent Series

October 13th, 2023

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Talent Management – sdfg371

A diversity of talent in the workplace benefits organizations, employees, and those they serve. Workplace equity involves fairness in pay, advancement opportunities, and daily work experiences to support all staff. Inclusion fosters a greater sense of employee belonging and, in turn, engagement and productivity. This course addresses diversity, equity, and inclusion at each stage of the employee life cycle to build a high-performing workplace inclusive of everyone.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Talent Equity – sdlg371a

Supporting employees from underrepresented or historically marginalized groups ensures they are treated equitably. This ensures these employees receive an equal opportunity to work, develop, and perform to their potential.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Talent Recruitment – sdlg371b

Ensuring that diverse staff are recruited, hired, and onboarded in a way that recognizes the unique value they can provide to the organization and ensures their background and personal characteristics are recognized and celebrated increases the potential for these employees’ success. It offers our workplace a better chance at benefitting from their potential earlier in their careers.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Talent Retention – sdlg371c

Once employees with diverse backgrounds join our workplace, it’s important to ensure that their potential is realized through fostering their development and engagement and giving recognition to promote retention and the opportunity for them to achieve their potential. Also, if they leave the organization, it can be valuable to recognize their contributions to our workplace and strengthen loyalty post-employment.

HEALTHCARE 

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Talent Management – hc_sdfg371

A diversity of talent in the workplace benefits organizations, employees, and those they serve. Workplace equity involves fairness in pay, advancement opportunities, and daily work experiences to support all staff. Inclusion fosters a greater sense of employee belonging and, in turn, engagement and productivity. This course addresses diversity, equity, and inclusion at each stage of the employee life cycle to build a high-performing workplace inclusive of everyone.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Talent Equity – hc_sdlg371a

Supporting employees from underrepresented or historically marginalized groups ensures they are treated equitably. This ensures these employees receive an equal opportunity to work, develop, and perform to their potential.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Talent Recruitment – hc_sdlg371b

Ensuring that diverse staff are recruited, hired, and onboarded in a way that recognizes the unique value they can provide to the organization and ensures their background and personal characteristics are recognized and celebrated increases the potential for these employees’ success. It offers our workplace a better chance at benefitting from their potential earlier in their careers.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Talent Retention – hc_sdlg371c

Once employees with diverse backgrounds join our workplace, it’s important to ensure that their potential is realized through fostering their development and engagement and giving recognition to promote retention and the opportunity for them to achieve their potential. Also, if they leave the organization, it can be valuable to recognize their contributions to our workplace and strengthen loyalty post-employment.

Diversity Essentials: Veterans

August 1st, 2023

Diversity Essentials: Veterans – sdl363h

This training focuses on how including military veterans in our workplace benefits our organization. It covers tips and techniques on how to be more inclusive to veterans. It describes ways to become aware of biases we may have toward veterans that could impact our workplace. It details strategies for resolving workplace misunderstandings about coworkers’ previous military experience.

Human Trafficking Series: Global, U.S., and U.S. Government Contractor

July 5th, 2023

GLOBAL

Human Trafficking Fundamentals (Global, Foundation) – scfg356

There are approximately 25 million people in the world who are victims of human trafficking. This training explains the risk factors, types of trafficking, and methods used by traffickers. It appraises the methods used by unscrupulous or careless businesses and recruiters, and global laws initiatives to prevent trafficking. The prevalence of trafficking in all industries is greater than most people realize, although it is more common in some. By knowing the warning signs, businesses can guard against involvement with this crime.

Human Trafficking: Introduction (Global, Focus) – sclg356a

There are approximately 25 million people in the world who are victims of human trafficking. This training explains the risk factors, types of trafficking, and methods used by traffickers. It details the consequences for victims and society and provides an overview of global standards of business conduct.

Human Trafficking: The Business Context (Global, Focus) – sclg356b

By understanding how and when a business may unknowingly associate with human trafficking in its operations or through its business partners, it can take steps to prevent involvement. This training cites the warning signs of labor and sex trafficking and how to report suspected trafficking.

Human Trafficking: The Supply Chain (Global, Focus) – sclg356c

The prevalence of trafficking in all industries is greater than most people realize, although it is more common in some. This training appraises the methods used by unscrupulous or careless businesses and recruiters and indicates warning signs and steps businesses can take to avoid association with human trafficking.

U.S.

Human Trafficking Fundamentals (US, Foundation) – scfs357

This training addresses the surprisingly high rates of human trafficking around the world and that affect practically every industry. It explains types of trafficking, techniques traffickers use against victims and global laws and initiatives designed to prevent and stop trafficking. It reviews the risks businesses face regarding human trafficking, practices used by unscrupulous or careless businesses and their recruiters that enable trafficking, and ways businesses and their employees can work to prevent and stop trafficking. The training covers the risks to human trafficking in a business’s supply chain and efforts it can take to prevent this trafficking, such as by evaluating suppliers and the supply chain for risks to human trafficking and taking responsible action. This version covers US laws and other available resources designed to prevent human trafficking.

Human Trafficking: Introduction (US, Focus) – scls357a

This training addresses the surprisingly high rates of human trafficking around the world and that affect practically every industry. It explains types of trafficking, techniques traffickers use against victims and global laws and initiatives designed to prevent and stop trafficking. This version covers US laws and other available resources designed to prevent human trafficking.

Human Trafficking: The Business Context (US, Focus) – scls357b

This training addresses the surprisingly high rates of human trafficking around the world, which affect practically every industry. It explains types of trafficking, techniques traffickers use against victims, and global laws and initiatives designed to prevent and stop trafficking. This version covers US laws and other available resources designed to prevent human trafficking.

Human Trafficking: The Supply Chain (US, Focus) – scls357c

This training reviews the risks businesses face regarding human trafficking, practices used by unscrupulous or careless businesses and their recruiters that enable trafficking, and ways businesses and their employees can work to prevent and stop trafficking. This version covers US laws and other available resources designed to prevent human trafficking.

U.S. Government Contractor

Human Trafficking Fundamentals (US Government Contractor, Foundation) – scfs358

This training addresses the surprisingly high rates of human trafficking around the world and that affects practically every industry. It explains types of trafficking, techniques traffickers use against victims, and global laws and initiatives designed to prevent and stop trafficking. The training reviews the risks businesses face regarding human trafficking, practices used by unscrupulous or careless businesses and their recruiters that enable trafficking, and ways businesses and their employees can work to prevent and stop trafficking. Finally, this training covers the risks of human trafficking in a business’s supply chain and the efforts it can take to prevent this trafficking, such as by evaluating suppliers and the supply chain for risks to human trafficking and taking responsible action. This version covers US laws, US Government Contractor standards, and other available resources designed to prevent human trafficking.

Human Trafficking: Introduction (US Government Contractor, Focus) – scls358a

This training addresses the surprisingly high rates of human trafficking around the world which affect practically every industry. It explains types of trafficking, techniques traffickers use against victims, and global laws and initiatives designed to prevent and stop trafficking. This version covers US laws and other available resources designed to prevent human trafficking.

Human Trafficking: The Business Context (US Government Contractor, Focus) – scls358b

This training reviews the risks businesses face regarding human trafficking, practices used by unscrupulous or careless businesses and their recruiters that enable trafficking, and ways businesses and their employees can work to prevent and stop trafficking. This version covers US laws and US Government Contractor standards and other available resources designed to prevent human trafficking.

Human Trafficking: The Supply Chain (US Government Contractor, Focus) – scls358c

This training covers the risks to human trafficking in a business’s supply chain and efforts it can take to prevent this trafficking, such as by evaluating suppliers and the supply chain for risks to human trafficking and taking responsible action. This version covers US laws and US Government Contractor standards and other available resources designed to prevent human trafficking.

Diversity Essentials: Disability

June 19th, 2023

Diversity Essentials: Disability – sdlg363f

One out of every six people in the world has a long-term physical, mental, intellectual, or sensory impairment that may hinder their participation in the workplace on an equal basis with others. This training provides strategies for identifying biases toward coworkers with disabilities and ways to overcome those biases to foster better opportunities and outcomes for all.

U. S. Workplace Harassment and Discrimination

June 12th, 2023

U.S. Workplace Harassment and Discrimination

This series builds upon the success of our popular harassment and discrimination curriculum. Recent updates provide a positive approach to workplace harassment and discrimination concerns, reinforce a healthy workplace culture around respectful conduct and address changing laws and regulations, including state training requirements and case law.  

Ethics and Code of Conduct (2nd Edition)

May 4th, 2023

Ethics and Code of Conduct (2nd Edition) – scode364

An organization’s standards of conduct and other policies are essential in protecting its reputation as a fair employer and responsible citizen. But these standards of conduct only work if everyone in the organization knows, understands, and can apply them in their daily activities. This training covers essential components of the organization’s business practices, including an introduction to business ethics; conflicts of interest; gifts, hospitality, and entertainment; handling of non-public information; data privacy; use of business resources; maintaining a civil and respectful workplace; and the importance of speaking up about concerns.

Diversity Essentials: Religion

April 26th, 2023

Diversity Essentials: Religion – sdlg363e

Respecting others’ religious beliefs or lack of religious beliefs helps promote a workplace where all employees can feel included. This training promotes an awareness of how employees’ religious affiliations and beliefs may influence their viewpoints, attire, work schedules, and other factors. It describes ways to become aware of biases we may have that could impact our workplace. It details strategies for resolving workplace misunderstandings.

Diversity Essentials: Race and Ethnicity

April 11th, 2023

Diversity Essentials: Race and Ethnicity – sdlg363d

Race, ethnicity, and related concepts are common aspects of diversity. They can be misunderstood and used in ways that hamper our understanding and appreciation of others. A more thoughtful awareness of these concepts can help us better understand and appreciate others and their backgrounds, which, in turn, can help make our workplace more inclusive.

Diversity Essentials: Gender and LGBTQ+

February 22nd, 2023

Managing Workplace Health and Safety

November 21st, 2022 – COURSE UPDATE

Introduction to Workplace Inclusion (Focus, Global) – sdlg349

Inclusion in the workplace benefits organizations, their employees, and those they serve. Working from diversity efforts, workplace inclusion creates a true sense of belonging within the organization where all individuals feel recognized and valued. This is partly achieved by involving a broader spectrum of employees in the organization’s work and related activities and encouraging a diversity of voices. These steps ensure decisions and operations benefit from a more holistic perspective. This course addresses how individuals can promote greater inclusion.

Introduction to Workplace Diversity and Inclusion (Focus, Global) – sdlg350

Diversity and inclusion in the workplace benefit organizations, their employees, and those they serve. These efforts are essential to build and sustain a workplace culture that attracts individuals with different characteristics and backgrounds, provides them with the resources to help them fulfill their potential, and involves them in the organization’s activities so all benefit from diverse perspectives. Combined, these efforts strengthen the organization’s efforts to pursue its mission and achieve other goals. This course addresses how individuals can encourage greater diversity and inclusion in the workplace.