ELI In the News

Many organizations are beginning to let their guard down when it comes to the intensity of focus on preventing, detecting, and addressing harassment in the workplace. But with outrageous examples continuing to surface, it's clear the problems are not behind us. In this editorial for HR Management Magazine, ELI president Stephen M. Paskoff, Esq., discusses the latest trends and cases, highlighting the steps organizations need to take now to revamp their approaches to sexual harassment training, business ethics training, and other efforts to maintain a civil workplace.

Retaliation claims are on the rise, and courts are expanding retaliation provisions even as they narrow rights in other areas related to discrimination and harassment in the workplace. ELI president Stephen M. Paskoff, Esq., explains why, in this Final Word column for HR Management Magazine.

Noting that the courts recognize it's more efficient for issues to be raised and resolved internally rather than escalating to lawsuits and claims, he advises organizations to implement several steps -- starting with leadership and encompassing communication and training -- to eliminate the fear of retaliation and build a welcoming, productive business culture.

Business culture is often defined by organizational values, but to integrate values into the workplace, you need a plan. ELI's president Stephen M. Paskoff, Esq., discusses the challenges of planning a values-driven culture and how to overcome them in this article for HR Management magazine.

What skills will turn your managers into effective leaders? In this editorial for HR Management magazine, ELI President Stephen M. Paskoff, Esq., advises organizations to leave behind the heroics and leadership legends. Truly effective workplace leadership, he says, can be found in the behaviors and actions that make a difference in the day-to-day work environment most of us face.

Business ethics training and workplace values were the topics of discussion in a Fox Business Network roundtable segment, "Values and Valuations," which included ELI's President Stephen M. Paskoff, Esq.

In Human Resource Executive's Forecast 2008, ELI President Stephen M. Paskoff, Esq. discusses the potential next wave in workplace civil rights. Outrageous examples of workplace bullying are making headlines, just as stories of huge discrimination cases and verdicts once did. Will state or federal government outlaw the behavior? Should your company outlaw it now?

The inadvertent consequence of well-intentioned mandatory training regulations is that employers focus on reaching the masses as opposed to affecting the masses. In this online editorial for HR Management Magazine, ELI President Stephen M. Paskoff, Esq., explains why this approach is missing the "edge" learning needs to change behavior and impact the workplace.

Many organizations are unsatisfied by the results of their legal training initiatives. In this editorial for HR Management Magazine, ELI President Stephen M. Paskoff, Esq., discusses the reasons why the training needs more than just legal accuracy and "real-life examples" to fuel results back in the workplace.

The prevalence of bullying behavior in the workplace, combined with the associated damage it can cause, should be signaling organizations to rethink how they’re defining professional competence. In an editorial for HR Management magazine, ELI president Stephen M. Paskoff, Esq., discusses how HR needs to make the business case for addressing bullying behavior before the courts make it for them.

In this online editorial for HR Management magazine, ELI president Stephen M. Paskoff, Esq., says that an emphasis primarily on illegal workplace behaviors is allowing bad behavior of other sorts to flourish – with the potential to create even more damage than a lawsuit. Access the article.

The prevalence and risks of bullying behavior in the workplace are leading some state legislatures to action. ELI president Stephen M. Paskoff, Esq., weighs in on the subject in this Workforce Management magazine article.

More and more, organizations are dealing with inappropriate, disruptive behaviors that violate their values but don’t necessarily violate the law. As a result, focusing only on compliance and legal requirements won’t be enough to maintain a professional, civil workplace. In an editorial for HR Management magazine, ELI president Stephen M. Paskoff, Esq., explains that culture driven by internal values is at least as important as compliance driven by external regulations, and he outlines the behaviors and skills all managers will need to demonstrate going forward.

In this online editorial for HR Management magazine, Stephen Paskoff discusses the typical obstacles that are getting in the way of organizational efforts to integrate values into the workplace culture, and what leaders need to do to refocus their thinking and achieve results.

In this editorial for HR Management magazine, Steve Paskoff discusses the challenges of building a global workplace community, emphasizing the importance of setting standards based on organizational values and involving key stakeholders throughout the process.

Getting your company’s approach to ethics and compliance right is becoming more and more important in the 21st century world of corporate social responsibility. But what does this mean for your HR policies in practice? ELI president Stephen M. Paskoff, Esq., explains in the September “Ask The Expert” column in HR Management magazine.

In this online editorial for the HRM Report, Stephen Paskoff discusses why many ethics and compliance initiatives fail to make a lasting impact on the workplace culture and what organizations can do to avoid these common pitfalls.