Edward S. Bardzik, Jr.

Ed Bardzik is a Principal of Respect, Incorporated. His twenty-nine years at the DuPont Co., including twenty years in manufacturing and nine years in Human Resources, helped him develop a sensitivity for people issues. This experience reinforced his belief that companies that work to create respectful environments, that value employees, reap the benefits in increased productivity and competitiveness.

While at DuPont, Mr. Bardzik developed the first program on sexual harassment that brought women and men together in an interactive process to address behavior, beliefs and attitudes. He trained internal facilitators to deliver the program to over 80,000 employees. Mr. Bardzik also pioneered men's involvement in a unique program that dealt with the issues of rape, battering and abusive relationships. He also trained internal facilitators and conducted awareness workships for managers. His training in crisis intervention and short-term couseling enhanced his effort on the staff of a confidential hotline that supported victims of rape, battering, and sexual harassment, as well as gave advice and cousel to managers who were trying to resolve sensitive situations.

A highlight of Mr. Bardzik's extensive diverity experience is the design, formation and facilitiation of a support group for white men to enable them to better partner with women and people of color. As a result of this activity, Mr. Bardzik appeared on television on The Wall Street Journal Report and the Discovery Channel during the Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas controversy. He has written for periodicals, and been interviewed by The Washington Post and The Philadelphia Inquirer, and The Wilmington (DE) News-Journal.

Mr. Bardzik is a member of the Board of Directors of "Women Organized Against Rape" in Philadelphia, PA. He is a Board Member of the Greater Valley forge Human Resource Association. He participated at the "Diversity Symposium" sponsored by the American Institute for Managing Diversity, Inc., at Morehouse College in February, 1994. Mr. Bardzik is a member of the American Society for Training and Development and the only white man to serve on the Muticultural Network Executive Board. He has presented at The Sex and Power in the Workplace Conference in Seattle, the Conference on Diversity for the Office of Personnel Management in Washington, DC., addressed TheConference Board on Work/Family issues, and presented at the University of Cincinnati's Diversity Conference. In conjunction with the law firm of Dilworth, Paxson, Kalish & Kaufmann, Mr. Bardzik and his colleagues at Respect Inc. delivered a series of sexual harassment seminars for Federal Publications.

Mr. Bardzik's education includes a BS in Chemical Engineering and an MBA in Management from Drexel University.