ANSI WVPI.1-2011 pdf download Workplace Violence Prevention and Intervention
1 S COPE OF THE STANDARD
This Standard provides an overview of policies, processes, and protocols that organizations can adopt to help identify and prevent threatening behavior and violence affecting the workplace, and to better address and resolve threats and violence that have actually occurred. This Standard describes the personnel within organizations who typically become involved in prevention and intervention efforts; outlines a proactive organizational approach to workplace violence focused on prevention and early intervention; and proposes ways in which an organization can better detect, investigate, manage, and — whenever possible — resolve behavior that has generated concerns for workplace safety from violence. In particular, the Standard discusses the implementation of a Workplace Violence Prevention and Intervention Program, and protocols for effective incident management and resolution.
This Standard is meant to serve as a tool and resource that organizations of any size can use to evaluate, develop, and implement policies, structures, and practices related to workplace violence. The requirements and recommendations remain at a generic level, with the expectation that organizations undertaking to implement prevention and intervention strategies will integrate specificity and detail as appropriate for their organization.
The Standard reflects a majority consensus among professionals from disparate disciplines (including security, human resources, mental health, law enforcement, and legal arenas) regarding practices viewed as effective, recommended, and – in some cases – essential through work in this field. In many ways, this Standard will help organizations to discharge important legal responsibilities related to their need to maintain a safe workplace; it is not intended, though, to set or define new legal obligations.
This Standard is applicable to any organization that chooses to establish, implement, maintain, and improve upon:
(1) A Workplace Violence Prevention and Intervention Program.
(2) A Threat Management protocol.
(3) Practices that can assist the organization in effectively managing post-incident issues.