加载中…你的工作场所让同性恋有安全感吗？
(2016-04-08 09:51:45)
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赛丽斯·贝里（Selisse
Berry）与企业主们谈到创造一个让LGBTI（男女同性恋、双性恋、变性者和跨性别者）员工感到安全和宽容空间的问题时，他们有时会这样回应，“哦，不用担心。我们这里没有这样的人。”
她告诉他们，其实你们可能会有。但是，这些员工如果觉得自己不会被接受，就可能隐藏自己的真实身份。贝里告诉雇主们说，这可能对他们的业务造成负面影响。
贝瑞说，“当你不必隐藏你的身份时，你可以把精力投入到自己的工作中去，并建立与同事的良好关系。这可以改变很多事情。”
她说，在雇主互相竞争来吸引优秀人才的环境下，许多潜在的员工甚至不会考虑去必须隐藏真实自我的地方工作。
其结果之一：企业越来越认识到多样性有多么重要，应该从不同的方面帮助他们取得成功。
出柜和平等
贝瑞创立并管理着名为
贝瑞说，很多时候，这事都和教育有关。当和LGBTI同事交谈并想了解他们的时候，人们担心他们用词不正确。
https://share.america.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/AP03100204465-259x300.jpg在“出柜和平等”每年一度促进工作场所平等的峰会上，一名身为变性人的主管正在查看一个企业的展台。 (© AP Images)
她说，“他们不想让同性恋者感到不舒服。仅做一些基本的教育就会有助于打开话匣子，这往往使人们感到安全，觉得自己可以公开告诉别人什么是真实的自己。”
工作场所符合“出柜和平等”的条件有哪些？贝瑞指出了以下几点：
-
有一个明确包括性取向和性别认同的不歧视政策
。 - 同性伴侣和异性伴侣享受同样的医疗保健和其他福利。
- 用人单位主动招聘LGBTI员工，把他们纳入公司公众形象的一部分。
贝瑞的结论是，社会态度正在发生变化，尤其是因为人们在工作场所与各种族、宗教、性别和性取向的人进行了长时间的互动。
Is your job a safe place to be gay?
When Selisse Berry talks to business owners about creating a safe
and inclusive space for their lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender
and intersex (LGBTI) employees, they
Actually, you probably do, she tells them. But if those employees
don’t feel they will be accepted, chances are they are hiding who
they are. That, Berry tells employers, can negatively
impact
“When you don’t have to hide who you are, you can put that energy into your job, and creating relationships with your co-workers,” Berry says. “It just changes so many things.”
And, she adds, in an environment where employers compete to attract the best talent, many prospective employees won’t even consider working at a place that requires them to hide their true selves.
One result: Companies increasingly recognize the importance of
diversity, and of the different perspectives
that
Out and Equal
Berry founded and runs
“A lot of times it’s about education,” Berry says. “People are afraid that they are not going to use the right words” when talking to LGBTI colleagues and trying to understand them.
https://share.america.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/AP03100204465-259x300.jpgA transgender executive director checks out a corporate booth at Out & Equal’s annual Equal Workplace Summit. (© AP Images)“They don’t want to make them feel uncomfortable. And so just doing some basic education helps get the conversation started and often allows people the safety to feel that they can come out and say who they are,” she said.
What makes a workplace “out and equal”? Berry points to these features:
-
A
nondiscrimination policy that clearly includes sexual orientation and gender identity. - Identical health care and other benefits for straight and same-sex couples.
- Active employer recruitment of LGBTI employees and inclusion of those employees as part of the company’s public image.
Social attitudes are changing, Berry concludes, not least because so much time is spent at work interacting with people of other races, religions, genders and sexual orientations.
“Our goal is to get to a place where it just doesn’t matter,” she
said.
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