HARASSMENT IN THE WORKPLACE

Harassment may consist of telling dirty jokes, having managers comment on their personal appearance, or the more straightforward threat of having an intimate relationship with the boss or losing a job--or some other desired result. In these cases, women can bring suit against the company, but there is the difficult question of what constitutes sexual harassment, and what does not. In a case in Florida, a judge ruled that pornographic posters did contribute to a hostile work environment. However, in Los Angeles, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) brought a lawsuit against the Fire Department, which held that a ban on a captain's reading of Playboy violated his First Amendment rights--the ACLU had applauded the case in Florida (Kruger, 1995).

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d to keep the conflict from growing to unmanageable levels due to lack of attention. Training programs should be developed in two segments. The first segment should include discussions of the definition of sexual harassment, descriptions of behavior that may be perceived as harassing in nature, and discussion of the differences between how men and women respond to conflict created by the perception of harassment (Gross-Schaefer, Florsheim & Pannetier, 2003). The second training segment should concentrate on disseminating the organization's policies and procedures. This training should consist of copies of the policies being distributed to all employees along with instructions on how to comply with the policies. Legal assistance should be obtained when these policies are developed in order to ensure that the organization is in compliance with state and federal regulations regarding both the policies themselves as well as other requirements that may be in existence. Mediation, or a grievance procedure also needs to be communicated through this process. Victims who consider themselves victims of harassment need to be of the opinion that they can seek recourse without fear of recrimination; at the same time, those accused of su
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