• Sexual violence Against Women in the Workplace – Some Historical Vignettes Part III Dr. Josiah Rich         posted in: Sexual Harassment
    The epidemiological reality of the frightful data that "as many as one of every two women will be subjected to some form of harassment during her academic or working life must not be and cannot be ignored." "The enormity of such figures is difficult to grasp, indicating that millions of women are subjected to experiences ranging from insult to assault - many on an ongoing or recurri...
  • Sexual Harassment Against Women in the Workplace – Some Historical Vignettes Part II Dr. Josiah Rich         posted in: Sexual Harassment
    Louise F. Fitzgerald is an able and thorough researcher who has carefully documented the unfortunate reality of sexual violence against women in the workplace that extends back to Colonial America. Leaping forward in time, however, this researcher notes that under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 unwelcome sexual behavior in the workplace became theoretically illegal, but it was not unt...
  • Sexual Violence Against Women in the Workplace – Some Historical Vignettes Part I Dr. Josiah Rich         posted in: Sexual Harassment
    Sexual violence against women in the workplace has a long and disturbing history according to researcher Louis F Fitzgerald.  He notes the following: "Sexual Harassment has been a fixture of the workplace since women first began to work outside the home.  Although true epidemiological studies do not exist, large scale surveys of working women suggest that ...
  • Spirituality, “The Biology of Belief,” and Stress Management by Dr. Josiah Rich Dr. Josiah Rich         posted in: Stress-Management
    Some time ago I had the privilege of meeting Dr. Fritjof Capra the author of the profoundly engaging book 'the Tao of Physics.'  Dr.Capra received a PhD in Particle Physics from the Sorbonne. In his ground breaking book Dr. Capra elucidated the interrelationship of all beings or life.  Dr. Capra's work rocked the subject-object epistemology (theory of knowledge) of Western Scie...
  • A Feminist Perspective of Sexual Objectification and Sexual Harassment Training by Dr. Josiah Rich Dr. Josiah Rich         posted in: Sexual Harassment
    Sexual Harassment is defined as unwelcome conduct including to all those in the work environment who must witness or overhear the conduct.  Some forms of unwelcome conduct include the following: Unwelcome sexual advances Flirting Teasing (can become very aggressive) Jokes Innuendos Suggestive looks Touching
  • Investigative Analytics and Sexual Harassment Training by Dr. Josiah Rich Dr. Josiah Rich         posted in: Sexual Harassment
    "Analytics involves studying the effects of certain decision or events, or to evaluate the performance of a given scenario.  The goal of analytics is to improve the business by gaining knowledge which can be used to make improvements or changes." "Plaintiffs continue to sue employers for Sexual Harassment in ever increasing numbers."  In order for companies to address these concerns...
  • Psychometric Testing and Sexual Harassment Training by Dr. Josiah Rich Dr. Josiah Rich         posted in: Sexual Harassment
    Sexual Harassment training is mandatory in the of California for companies with 50 or more employees.  Therefore, one of the most prudent and cost-effective ways that a company may protect itself from a costly sexual harassment law suit is to use Psychometric Testing. "Psychometric testing is the field of study that measures knowledge, abilities, attitudes,...
  • Sexual Harassment Training and the Colateral Impact of Vendors By Dr. Josiah Rich Dr. Josiah Rich         posted in: Sexual Harassment
    In the State of California companies or businesses with 50 or more employees must have sexual harassment training and such training is mandatory compliance with State law. It is also very important for companies with fifty or more employees to know that not only must their employees have sexual harassment training, their vendors must too. "Vendors are companies that do busin...
  • Stress Management and The Brave New World of Neurotechnology By Dr. Josiah Rich Dr. Josiah Rich         posted in: Stress-Management
    The human nervous system has finally mastered the art of employing thought to manipulate objects and even emotional states in real time.  You may think that this technology will be available sometime in the future but that is not the case.  That technology is available today and it has many far reaching applications. It all began with the Electroencephalogram,or EEG.  "EEG refers ...
  • Diversity Training: Searching for Inclusive Transcendence by Dr. Josiah Rich Dr. Josiah Rich         posted in: Diversity
    Transcendence:  Lying beyond the ordinary range of perception. Western Culture is witnessing a malaise of the spirit due to the want of rhapsodic transcendence.  We inherited many good things from the Greeks, including their neurotic tendencies for lifeless intellectual systems of thought.  The abstract grammar of logic and mathematics are the unchallenged idolatries of th...
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