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• Impact of
  HIV & AIDS
  • Business Impact
  • Labor Impact
  • Community Impact
  • Making An Impact
  • Global Impact
• HIV & AIDS Education
  • Training for Managers, Supervisors and Labor Leaders
  • HIV/AIDS Education for Employees/Workers
  • HIV/AIDS Education for Employees'/Workers' Families
  • Education Materials
• Business of Excellence
  • Conduct an Assessment
  • Plan Your Program
  • Measure Your Success
• HIV & AIDS
  Laws and Policy
  • The Laws
  • Developing a Policy
• HIV & AIDS Philanthropy
  • Types of Corporate Philanthropy
  • Impact of Corporate HIV/AIDS Philanthropy
  • Philanthropic Case Studies
  • Philanthropy Resources
  • Employee Involvement
• Resources
  • BRTA/LRTA Resources
  • Additional Resources
  • HIV/AIDS Resource Map
  • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Section Navigation:

• Conduct an Assessment
• Plan Your Program
  • Establishing a Team
  • Determining Focus Areas
    • Partnering
  • Planning for Implementation
• Measure Your Success

Business of Excellence

Plan Your Program

Determining Focus Areas

To design a comprehensive program to be implemented within the company, incorporate the following key BRTA principles:

• Policy
• Education
• Training
• Philanthropy
• Partnering

Policy

The policy component of the program focuses on information for leadership and management to establish a workplace HIV/AIDS policy, and the nuances around various aspects that it should address, including stigma and discrimination. Information and resources are available that will help you to develop the policy component of your program.

Education of employees and families of employees

This section of the HIV Program focuses on educating employees and their families on the various issues associated with HIV/AIDS. This includes the following:

• Basic facts about HIV, including causes of transmission and prevention methods
• Dispelling myths and addressing stigma surrounding HIV.
• Providing guidance and information to employees on disclosing HIV status at work
• Information and guidance on disclosing HIV status to family members
• Guidance for managers to support employees in this context

Resources to help develop the education component of your program including factsheets, brochures and publications and links to sources like the CDC National Prevention Information Network (NPIN) are available.

Training of managers

This component focuses on making information available to managers and supervisors on the various aspects of addressing HIV/AIDS within the business. Available resources for training include guidance on relevant Disability Laws, types of support to be provided to employees, various tools for communicating with the workforce, and detailed guidance on occupational exposure.

Philanthropy, community involvement and volunteerism

This component of the HIV program focuses on promoting HIV-related philanthropy on the part of the company leadership. This can focus on education around the tremendous impact that corporate giving can have on reducing and preventing HIV, guidance-related to the various types of corporate philanthropy, case studies and examples on HIV-related philanthropy, as well as various resources for philanthropy and grant making. Information and resources on incorporating philanthropy in the workplace HIV/AIDS program are available.

Information is also available on various strategies to promote Employee Involvement.

Partnering

Partnering is an excellent mechanism through which the HIV program's efforts can be enhanced, both within the business as well as within the community. The workplace HIV/AIDS program can be extended well beyond the confines of the workspace, extending into the communities of influence, including the area where the business is located and where the employees reside.

Learn more about Partnering.