Review into the treatment of women at the Australian Defence Force ...

Chapter 10: Minimising Risk, Managing Incidents and Ensuring the Safety of the Workplace – Recommendations 22-31»»Understand unhealthy relationships including fatal attractions, stalking»»Understand relationship dynamics»»Understand peer group influence»»Explain the characteristics of a respectful relationship• Apply bystander ethics»»Understand who is a bystander»»Understand why you should act as a bystander»»Understand when you should act as a bystander»»Understand how you should act as a bystander• Act in a sexually ethical manner»»Define ethics»»Define sexual ethics»»Explain ethical relationships»»Understand how to negotiate sexual consent. 7At the completion of the Audit no course or module outlines for any of these items had been received,and they appear to still be in design phase. The Audit understands however that the intention is todeliver the courses using in-house ADFA resources.With specific regard to Recommendation 22d) (‘the appropriate use of technology’), in addition to themodule above that will aim to ‘explain sex & law regarding technology’, ADFA has engaged the AFP toprovide ‘Social Media and Reputation Management’ training to all undergraduates in 2013. 8 It has alsodeveloped a social media decision tree that has been placed around ADFA and provided to all first yearundergraduates as part of their individual leadership journals. 9In addition to the programs developed in 2012 and 2013, ADFA continues to run some healthy lifestylesand equity and diversity briefs that are related to this Recommendation. These will be briefly examinedat the end of the Audit findings below.Audit findingsProgress in implementing a response to this Recommendation has been slow. The sexual ethicspackage delivered in 2012 was limited in scope, and its ad hoc nature meant that it was not a carefullydesigned and integrated package that addressed the intent of Recommendation 22. The 2013 packagelooks more promising, but it is not yet complete. There are outstanding questions about its content anddelivery.The Audit considers that a robust sexual ethics training program, as envisaged by the Review’sRecommendation, is critical to accelerating progress towards a healthy, inclusive and respectful cultureat ADFA. The development and delivery of such a package must be a priority for ADFA.The 2012 program was a combination of new modules that addressed parts of the Recommendation(e.g. ‘sexual ethics’ and ‘unhealthy attractions’) and other continuing modules with more of a broadpastoral aim (e.g. ‘confident communication’ and ‘battlesmart’).Dr Weerakoon’s sexual ethics lecture covered the topics:• ‘What is sex?• Why do we have sex? and• What is good and bad sex?’ 1094