Cordillera Career Development College (CCDC) champions for a safe and non-discriminatory workplace through its clear and strictly enforced policies detailed in various employee handbooks. The Administrative Handbook establishes CCDC’s requirements for maintaining a respectful, fair, and nondiscriminatory workplace. Section 4, items 1 and 2, directs office heads to promote courtesy and respect, ensure fair and objective treatment of colleagues, maintain working conditions free from discrimination and harassment, and treat employees with fairness and equity. The provision identifies cultural diversity, gender, religious belief or activity, physical disability, political opinion, and similar social, political, religious, and cultural preferences and practices as grounds on which discrimination is not tolerated. The continuation on page 68 prohibits demands for sexual favors by persons in positions of authority and refers to procedures for investigating harassment cases and imposing administrative sanctions.
The Faculty Handbook establishes CCDC’s commitment to maintaining a respectful, equitable, and nondiscriminatory workplace. Section 5, items 1 and 2, requires department heads to promote courtesy and respect, ensure fair and objective treatment of colleagues, maintain a working environment free from discrimination and harassment, and treat employees with fairness and equity. The policy expressly identifies cultural diversity, gender, religious belief or activity, physical disability, political opinion, and similar social, political, religious, and cultural preferences and practices as grounds on which discrimination is not tolerated. Item 3 further prohibits demands for sexual favors by persons in positions of authority and refers to procedures for investigating harassment cases and imposing administrative sanctions.
The Non-Teaching Personnel Handbook establishes CCDC’s commitment to a respectful, equitable, and nondiscriminatory workplace. Section 3, item 1, requires department heads to promote courtesy and respect, ensure fair and objective treatment of colleagues, and maintain working conditions free from discrimination and harassment. Item 2 states that CCDC does not tolerate discrimination on the grounds of cultural diversity, gender, religious belief or activity, physical disability, political opinion, and similar social, political, religious, and cultural preferences and practices. Item 3 further prohibits demands for sexual favors by persons in positions of authority and refers to procedures for investigating harassment cases and imposing administrative sanctions.
The Basic Education Employees Handbook, Article 7, Section 1, page 35, states that CCDC considers its employees valuable resources and emphasizes treating every employee with dignity, equality, and justice. Page 36 further identifies objectivity, fairness, and professionalism in workplace relationships as expected employee conduct. These provisions support the institution’s commitment to fair and respectful treatment of employees.
Through these policies, CCDC hopes to create a working environment that assures the safety and comfort of each and every employee across all departments. The school ensures to do its best to ensure these policies are held up and observed to the highest degree. A productive workplace is one where its workers are safe to work; such a mantra is what CCDC aims to achieve as part of its responsibility to meet the provisions of SDG 8.
