Additional Resources About Organizational Ombuds and How They Add Value to Your Organization

 GENERAL 

• Making the Invisible Visible
  
• Why an Organizational Ombuds? 
• Modern Ombuds Toolkit
• What are the benefits of an Ombuds Office?
  
• How Does an Ombuds Fit into an Organization? 
• Ombuds General Introduction  (A set of PowerPoint slides designed to introduce a general audience to the ombuds role.)
• Is it Time to Call the Ombuds?  How Organization Ombuds Help Increasingly Complex Organizations

RISK MITIGATION AND RETENTION

• Organizational Ombuds - Surfacing & Addressing Sexual Misconduct
• A Workplace Culture Of Safety And Inclusion Modeled By Ted Lasso
• How Ombuds Can Impact The Well-Being Of Healthcare Workers
• Pinterest has an ombuds on the payroll. Should your company have one, too? (2023)
• Changemakers: How Chevron Empowers its Workers to Self-Advocate, Jobs for the Future 
• The Most Serious Cases Reported by Organizational Ombuds: Data from Surveys and Interviews, International Ombuds Association 
• How an Ombuds Office Can Serve Women in STEM in Higher Education 
• Alternative Complaint Systems for Harassment and Discrimination Disputes
  
• Why Sexual Harassment Programs Backfire And What To Do About It
  
• Avoid Being a Whistleblower With Safe Place Ombudsman Programs
•  To Avoid Harassment, Try an Ombudsman
• Sexual Harassment of Women: Climate, Culture, and Consequences in Academic Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

 INCLUSION AND BELONGING 

• What Works:  Evidence-Based Ideas to Increase Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Workplace
  
• How Ombuds Programs Can Promote Diversity and Inclusion
  

ASSOCIATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES 

• Organizational Ombuds (Conference Video)
• Organizational Ombuds, The Secret Sauce for Any Association
• Guide for Setting Up a Conference Ombuds Program 
• Assessing the Establishment of Ombuds Offices in Professional Academic Research Associations, Journal of International Ombudsman Association  
• Guide Addresses Inappropriate Conference Behavior,  Exhibit City News 
• Is a Conference Ombuds Program Right For Your Association? 
  

GOVERNMENT

• A Reappraisal - The Nature and Value of Ombudsmen in Federal Agencies,  Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS) 
• Safe Workspaces: Starting a dialogue and taking action on harassment in the Public Service

 OTHER RESOURCES

• What Happens When an Employee Calls the Ombudsman? 
• Three Ways the Organizational Ombuds Can Guide You Through a Crisis 
• The Organizational Ombuds Office and Corporate Social Responsibility: Driving Values in an Organization
• Blueprint for Success: Designing a  Proactive Organizational Ombudsman Program
• Applying the Ombuds Role to Your Organization
• The Organizational Ombudsman, The Oxford Handbook of Conflict Management in Organizations 
  
• A Fresh Look at the Organizational Ombudsman
• Board Champions for the Ombudsman 
• An Organizational Ombuds Office in a System for Dealing with Conflict and Learning from Conflict, or “Conflict Management System”
• Creation of an Ombuds Office Can Prevent Retaliation Claims
  
• Objective Edge: Office ombuds help smooth conflicts – without litigation
  
• Ethics, HR and the Importance of Ombuds Programs
  
• The Organizational Ombuds, from Resource Book for Managing Employment Disputes
• Someone to Listen
• Effectiveness of Organizational Ombudsmen from The Ombudsman Association Handbook

• University and College Ombudsman Association (UCOA) , 1970 - 2013

IOA also publishes the Journal of International Ombudsman Association (JIOA) which is available to the public for review on a variety of issues impacting organizational ombuds.