Harassment

During my recent new team member orientation, our HR representative, Rachel, handed out a copy of the Team Member Handbook: Stores Non-exempt to each of us. On page 8 of my copy, (mine is the 9/14 revision.) it outlines Harassment-Free Workplace guidelines, and the types of conduct prohibited. Here is where my issue comes in. The handbook gives the following examples as being inappropriate, “Making sexual comments or jokes, or using graphic or sexually degrading language to describe someone,”…

How Sexual Assault/harassment can affect the Workplace Green Dot and Red Dot actions can affect an environment in many ways, and some phrases that can also affect the environment. To know how Green Dot and Red Dot affect an environment we must know what each Dot is and what they represent. Some of the steps used for someone to be the Green Dot and how violence or sexual assault can be prevented. Also there are phrases and words that can be said by anyone at any time, even if someone if joking…

It is important for one to be able to identify and distinguish acts of sexual harassment and sexual assault. The UWB Stop Sexual Harassment brochure defines acts of sexual harassment as: “unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, or other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature”. In addition to that, any “unwelcome and unsolicited language or conduct that is sufficiently severe, persistent or pervasive that it could reasonably be expected to create an intimidating, hostile,…

retaliation and sexual harassment include the following: City of Los Angeles, Dept. of Water and Power v Manhart, (1978). In this case the supreme court ruled that in administration of company pension plan Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 made it illegal for an employer to discriminate against any individual because of an individual’s sex (Egan, 2010). Meritor Savings Bank, FSB v. Vinson, (1986). In this case the court held that Titlve VII prohibits sexual harassment in employment,…

A news article released in the New York Times entitled Lawsuit Depict a Police Culture of Sexual Harassment and Cover-ups highlights the sexual harassment towards female police officers and how their complaints were not addressed when brought to authorities. In an industry that is prominently lead and consisted of male employees and employers' many female officers often felt harassed and discriminated against in the Manhattan police department. Some female officers even claimed that their…

When discussing sexual harassment and retaliation, in consist of verbal or physical conduct that degrades or shows hostility or dislike toward an individual based on sex. Sexual harassment can come in different variations such as verbal or physical conduct. Some people think of harassment as involving physical conduct, like touching, groping or fondling. Sexual harassment involves verbal conduct, such as comments that directly or indirectly refer to an individual’s sex or comments of a sexual…

SUGRUE, JESSICA. "Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: The Good News and the Bad." Business NH Magazine, vol. 35, no. 1, Jan. 2018, p. 49. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=cookie,ip,url,custuid&custid=magn0117&db=bwh&AN=127270427&site=eds-live. Sexual harassment is an infringement of women's rights and an outlaw form of violence against women in many states (Sugrue 49+). Sexual abuse causes destructive physical, and psychological injuries to a huge amount of women…

Ethics and Moral Reasoning February 12, 2018 Professor Heather Perez Sexual harassment is harassment that includes unwanted sexual advances, request of any sexual favors, and other types of verbal and physical harassment in a sexual way. Sexual harassment is unlawful to harass an applicant or employee. Offensive comments, unwanted hand touches, and gestures they all tied into sexual harassment. When it comes to a business environment it is important that individuals conduct their…

Have you ever witnessed someone in a workplace setting being abused sexually due to their type of sex? The majority of people who work in offices and workplace settings have said that they have witnessed first-hand harassment of the female sex from the more dominated male sex (Johnson). Over the course of many generations, women have usually been seen as to stay in the home and only cook, clean, and take care of the kids. Usually, in these situations, the dominant male in the family is the…

many cases of sexual harassment and retaliation cases throughout the history of the United States. It seems that there was an increase in these type of cases/allegations during the 1990’s that continue to this day. The average profile of victims started to change and more laws were created to set new precedents as well as to protect individuals. Since this increase in harassment and retaliation, people from all backgrounds have found themselves involved in sexual harassment and retaliation cases…