Violence Prevention Climate Survey – VPCS

Management in this organization quickly responds to episodes of violence.

Management in this organization requires each manager to help reduce violence in his/her department.

Management encourages employees to report physical violence.

Management encourages employees to report verbal violence.

Reports of workplace violence from other employees are taken seriously by management.

Abusive behavior is not tolerated at work.

My employer provides adequate assault/violence prevention training.

My employer provides adequate assault/violence prevention procedures.

In my unit, violence prevention procedures are detailed.

In my unit, employees are informed about potential violence hazards.

In my unit, there is training on violence prevention policies and procedures.

In my unit, information about violence prevention is distributed regularly.

In my unit, in order to get the work done, one must ignore some violence prevention policies.

In my unit, whenever pressure builds up, the preference is to do the job as fast as possible, even if that means compromising violence prevention.

In my unit, human resource shortage undermines violence prevention standards.

In my unit, violence prevention policies and procedures are ignored.

In my unit, violence prevention policies and procedures are nothing more than a cover-up for lawsuits.

In my unit, ignoring violence prevention procedures is acceptable.