Study Document
Workplace Sexuality: When Does One Term Paper
Pages:1 (386 words)
Sources:1+
Subject:Business
Topic:Workplace Discrimination
Document Type:Term Paper
Document:#91936150
For instance, if one individual "kept telling another employee sexual jokes that the second employee found offensive, it would be sexual harassment in the workplace. If two employees dated and engaged in consensual sex, this would not be sexual harassment. If one of the two then wanted to terminate the relationship, and the other used the unequal relative terms and conditions of employment of the work place to further the relationship, this would be sexual harassment in the workplace." (Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, 2004) in other words, consent is key -- conceivably a man could be made to feel uncomfortable, perhaps by another man, through repeated exposure to sexual jokes even after the perpetrator of the 'humor' was asked to cease and desist.
Works Cited
Hostile Workplace. (April 1997) it's time: Institute for Management Excellence online newsletter and website. Updated 2001. Retrieved on October 3, 2004 at http://www.itstime.com/apr97.htm.
Sexual Harassment in Workplace." (2004) Discrimination Attorney. http://www.discriminationattorney.com/harasswk.shtml
Sample Source(s) Used
Works Cited
Hostile Workplace. (April 1997) it's time: Institute for Management Excellence online newsletter and website. Updated 2001. Retrieved on October 3, 2004 at http://www.itstime.com/apr97.htm.
Sexual Harassment in Workplace." (2004) Discrimination Attorney. http://www.discriminationattorney.com/harasswk.shtml
Related Documents
Study Document
Workplace and Gender Discrimination
.....social injustice and inequality. First, literature related to the fundamentals of discrimination and descriptions of gender discrimination are discussed in the literature. Following a detailed discussion of what the literature says about gender discrimination, the literature review shifts toward the quantifiable effects of gender discrimination in the workplace. Effects are examined both in terms of measurable effects on organizations and individuals.
Fundamentals of Discrimination
Discrimination is unfortunately pervasive
Study Document
Workplace Violence Bullying Workplace Violence Can Be
Workplace violence (Bullying) Workplace violence can be defined as an action that manifests itself in threatening behavior, physical assault, aggression or any other violent form that may be displayed at work setting and may be directed towards coworkers, managers or even the customers themselves. These aggressions can cause emotional or to great extent physical harm or both (USLegal Inc., 2011). In the context of this paper, bullying as one of the aspects
Study Document
Sexuality and Gender at Work
.....individual's level of sexual identity development relates to their level of job satisfaction depends on numerous variables -- such as the confidence with which one identifies their sexuality, the degree to which that identity is accepted among peers, and the extent to which that identity places one as a minority. As the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (n.d.) indicates, "Minorities also tend to be at a disadvantage in terms of
Study Document
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Sexual Harassment Workplace Sexual Harassment: A Legal and Psychological Overview Workplace Sexual Harassment, as delineated in the text by Anne C. Levy, & Michele A. Paludi (2001) is a complex issue, marrying human psychology and human sexual and cultural assumptions with the daily demands of the business environment, an environment that can be stressful for everyone where personal relations are concerned. This is why Part I of the text explains not only
Study Document
Workplace Challenges
Gender Communication Throughout the last 100 years western society has experienced dramatic and profound changes relating to ideas and the way people interact and communicate with one another. Many of these social experiments are now coming into a clearer vision to those who created them many decades ago. The results of women entering the workplace and taking a stronger role in corporate America has demonstrated to us all that we have
Study Document
Sexuality in Modern American Advertising
This phenomenon objectifies women by suggesting (at least implicitly) that only the opinions and sensibilities of the most attractive females, such as the models featured in advertisements, are worthwhile. The mere absence of females of average and less-than-average relative physical attractiveness from commercial advertising conditions everyone in society to ignore women unless they are particularly sexually attractive. Besides being unfair to women who happen not to look like the models