1 25 1 https://ir.zou.ac.zw/files/original/c47a0c4105e5207aa732005b544735a5.pdf 8c47622403477737d2c09df0a2df6e9f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Staff Publications Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource HIV AND AIDS WORKPLACE POLICY FOR THE ZIMBABWE OPEN UNIVERSITY-FRIEND OR FOE? Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource CHIKUKWA HERBERT T* CHIOME CHRISPEN** RAPHINOS ALEXANDER CHABAYA* Description An account of the resource This study sought to evaluate the friendliness of the HIV and AIDS workplace policy for the Zimbabwe Open University. This was a case study of one regional centre. Thirty six purposively selected fulltime lecturers and support staff participated in this research. Data was collected through open-ended questionnaires and analysed thematically. The results indicated that the policy is at best non-existent and at worst disconnected from real workplace complexities. Consequently, HIV positive workers appear isolated because they are not supported nor valued at the workplace. Most glaringly, HIV disproportionately affects women workers more than their male counterparts. In some instances these are even overloaded, shunned or stigmatised. Consequently, the workers in this study think HIV positive workers are disenfranchised threatening the university social fabric. They then advocated for an end to workplace discrimination and stigmatisation of HIV positive workers whose status must be kept in confidence, workload minimised, substantial resources invested in their well being and their immediate relatives catered for in medical Aid benefits. More information could be availed to affected and infected workers so that they can live positively. The study recommended concerted effort and substantial resource investment in innovative policies that are worker friendly. Further studies need to be done on supporting HIV positive workers at the workplace. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC RESEARCH FOR MULTIDISCIPLINARY Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2014 confidentiality discrimination foe fulltime lecturers and support staff HIV and AIDS workplace policy Open and Distance Learning stigma