wn as quid pro quo. Sexual power is abused under hostile environment harassment.
Tangible job benefit harassment is the demand for sexual favors in exchange for job benefits such as improved working conditions, favorable reviews, raises, promotions, or job retention.9 It is a "give-in-or-else" situation and may involve physical injury and career or financial-consequences. The harasser must be a supervisor, male or female, since the harasser must have control over the working conditions of the victim.10
Guidelines for harassment which create a hostile or offensive working environment were articulated in Bundy v. Jackson."11 This ruling expanded coverage of sex discrimination cases to include sexual harassment as a condition of work and covered nontangible injury to the victim. It encompasses verbal or physical sexual misconduct that creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment or that interferes with an individual 's work Performance. Hostile environment harassment can also include sexual misconduct by co-workers or third partie
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