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Interpersonal Risk Audit Questions
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100. Do you conduct any training regarding the issue of age discrimination?
Yes    No    Not Applicable


101. Do your employees sign an at-will employment statement signifying that no express or implied guarantee of employment is in the performance appraisal process?
Yes    No    Not Applicable


102. Does your company have a formal recognition program?
Yes    No    Not Applicable

102a. If you answered YES to question 102...Are there nonfinancial rewards?
Yes    No    Not Applicable

102b. If you answered YES to question 102...Are peers involved in the recognition process?
Yes    No    Not Applicable

102c. If you answered YES to question 102...Are departments free to develop their own recognition process?
Yes    No    Not Applicable

102d. If you answered YES to question 102...Is recognition tied to individual performance, team, and company goals?
Yes    No    Not Applicable


103. Do you use employment agreements at the beginning of the employment relationship that contain goals, resources, benchmarks, and evaluation standards?
Yes    No    Not Applicable


104. Do you make sure that employees sign and acknowledge having read their performance appraisals?
Yes    No    Not Applicable


105. Do you look for alternative solutions for all your employees before instituting downsizing or layoff plans?
Yes    No    Not Applicable


106. Do all new employees go through a formalized orientation program that includes familiarization with company personnel practices, your employee handbook, compliance procedures, etc.?
Yes    No    Not Applicable


107. Do you take active steps to lower employees' expectations that their company computer use is private, including disclosing any e-mail monitoring that occurs?
Yes    No    Not Applicable


108. Do you conduct exit interviews with all employees?
Yes    No    Not Applicable

108a. If you answered YES to question 108... Do you ask about specific problem behaviors that might have encouraged the person to leave?
Yes    No    Not Applicable


109. Do you maintain your employment advertisements, job applications, resumes, and interview notes for at least two years?

Yes    No    Not Applicable


110. Do you have a specifically designated employee to handle all harassment and discrimination complaints?
Yes    No    Not Applicable


111. Are performance reviews submitted to human resources before being given to the employee?

Yes    No    Not Applicable


112. Do your interviewers use a structured interview format will all applicants?

Yes    No    Not Applicable


113. Do you have a formal progressive disciplinary policy?
Yes    No    Not Applicable

113a. If you answered YES to question 113...Does the policy use permissive language that gives you discretion and flexibility in its application?
Yes    No    Not Applicable

113b. If you answered YES to question 113...Does your policy list unacceptable behaviors?
Yes    No    Not Applicable

113c. If you answered YES to question 113...Does it directly link specific offenses to delineated consequences?
Yes    No    Not Applicable

113d. If you answered YES to question 113...Does it leave room for unusual or case-by-case situations?
Yes    No    Not Applicable

113e. If you answered YES to question 113...Does it reiterate that employment is at-will?
Yes    No    Not Applicable

113f. If you answered YES to question 113... Does it contain a can-be-changed-at-any-time clause?
Yes    No    Not Applicable

113g. If you answered YES to question 113... Does it imply that certain procedures will be followed prior to termination?
Yes    No    Not Applicable


114. Do your managers know interview questions that can help them assess who is likely to engage in workplace misconduct?
Yes    No    Not Applicable


115. Do your employees have access to a hotline that accepts inappropriate behavior complaints?
Yes    No    Not Applicable


116. Do you have layoffs or downsizing events reviewed by an attorney?
Yes    No    Not Applicable

117. Is your performance improvement process separate from your disciplinary process?
Yes    No    Not Applicable

118. Are a significant number of your employees promoted to manager because of their technical expertise?
Yes    No    Not Applicable


119. Do your managers and employees have clearly defined career paths?
Yes    No    Not Applicable


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