SEXUAL HARASSMENT


Any unwelcome sexual advance, unwelcome request for sexual favors or other unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature that makes a person feel intimidated is known as “sexual harassment”. Consensual interaction, flirtation or friendship does not come under sexual harassment.
There are many forms of sexual harassment. The following are some examples of sexual harassment:
 1. A supervisor expecting sexual advances from the subordinates.
 2. Employees making sexual comments about female customers to co-workers
 3. Making sexually explicit jokes
 4. Pinching or fondling a coworker against his/her will
 5. Male co-workers calling female co-workers by sexist terms.
 6. Posting sexually explicit jokes on office intranet.
 7. Sending sexually explicit e- mail to coworkers. (Fraley, 2017)

Chai Feldblum (the commissioner of equal employment opportunity commission) one had said “a good HR office is the linchpin for an employer’s effective system for learning about harassment and then responding quickly and effectively. (Horowitz, 2017)

A work place where comments or behavior create a hostile or effective environment for individuals or groups can be a workplace with harassment.
In Canadian work places 43% of women and 12% of men have said they have experienced sexual harassment at workplace. Three out of 10 Canadians say they have been on the receiving end of unwelcomed sexual advances requests for sexual favors, or sexually charged talk while at work. Moreover, a million Canadians had experienced some form of sexual harassment at work in 2013 and 2014. Even though these statistics are useful, there are many other sexual harassment incidents which are not reported.
60% of American women voters said that they have experienced sexual harassment, according to a recent Quinnipiac University poll. Almost 70 percent of the women who experienced harassment said it occurred at work, more than any other setting. And the poll found almost 90% of both male and female voters believe sexual harassment of women is a serious problem (Smith, 2018)

In conclusion sexual harassment and mistreatment of women within a company or and office is illegal. The human resource departments of every organization should have a thorough mechanism to escalate sexual harassment incidents. They also should have strict policies to discourage such acts and this will help to maintain an employee friendly work place.

References

Fraley, R. W. (2017) Sexual Harassment in the Workplace. [Online]
Available at: https://www.fraleylawfirm.com
[Accessed: 12 june 2018].
Horowitz, J. (2017) Here's how HR is supposed to handle sexual harassment. [Online]
Available at: http://money.cnn.com
[Accessed: 12 june 2018].
Smith, B. L. (2018) What it really takes to stop sexual harassment. American Psychological Association, Volume 49, p. 36.














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  1. Sachie HennadigeJune 26, 2018 at 12:35 PM

    Good content. Would have much better if there were some more referencing. Keep it up.

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  2. Thameera galkaduwaJune 26, 2018 at 10:40 PM

    Good article. It would be better if you maintain a same font style and size for the entire blog body.

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  3. UnknownJune 29, 2018 at 9:35 PM

    Good essay.You have come up with international examples as well.Make ure sure to use same font.

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  4. SachithraJuly 1, 2018 at 9:51 AM

    Good article. Better if you add few more references too. Any way good job.

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  5. UnknownJuly 6, 2018 at 8:51 AM

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