Many managers and leaders today are ill-prepared to deal with harassment, bias, discrimination, bullying, and other tough workplace challenges, a new study finds.

The study was conducted by pelotonRPM, an HR and compliance training platform provider. The company enlisted managers and leaders from a wide range of companies—large, small, and diversified by industry—to participate in simulations of real workplace scenarios.

Jaclyn Jaeger is a freelance contributor to Compliance Week after working for the company for 15 years. She writes on a wide variety of topics, including ethics and compliance, risk management, legal,...