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Beyond Policy: The Active Bystander and Australia’s Positive Duty under the AHRC Seven Standards
The landscape of Australian workplace law has undergone a fundamental shift. No longer is it enough for organisations to react to harassment or discrimination after it occurs. The introduction of the Positive Duty under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) places a...
The Negative Impacts of a Passive Bystander
The hidden cost of staying silent I've watched talented people leave organisations not because of harassment itself, but because colleagues stayed silent when it happened. That's when the reality of impacts of passive bystander behaviour really hit me. Wasn't just...
What is an Active Bystander? A Comprehensive Guide for Corporate Teams
The moment everything changes I'll never forget watching a senior manager's face during one of our active bystander training sessions last year. This bloke had been dismissive beforehand - told me the whole thing seemed like "common sense" and questioned whether his...
The 5 D’s of Being an Active Bystander
Your toolkit for workplace intervention So there's this colleague I know who completely froze when his boss made a racist comment during a team meeting. Afterwards, he came to me and said, "I wanted to say something but had no idea what. Do I call him out in front of...
7 Inappropriate Workplace Behaviours – A Summary Guide.
The grey areas that aren't so grey So look, I get asked "but is that really inappropriate?" constantly in training sessions. Like, all the time. People genuinely struggle to work out what counts as inappropriate workplace behaviour and honestly? I totally get why....
Understanding the Bystander Effect — and How to Overcome It at Work
The silence that speaks volumes So there I was, sitting in this team meeting last month, watching eight professionals stay completely silent while their colleague made increasingly inappropriate comments about women in leadership. Eight people. All decent,...