Hostile Work Environment and Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

Hostile Environment and Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
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Hostile Environment and Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
Hostile work environment and sexual are common incidences in the workplace even though the federal and state laws provide various regulations to protect employees against mistreatment. On the other hand, the #Metoo movement illustrates how sexual harassment has adverse implications on people in various organizations. However, nobody should endure sexual harassment in the workplace since employees have an affirmative obligation to prevent its occurrence by reporting such cases whenever they occur. According to Hersch (2015), sexual harassment includes requests for unwelcome sexual advances, verbal or physical sexual harassment, and sexual comments of offensive nature. Workplace sexual harassment presents various challenges since the victims have constants interactions with the perpetrator, and at times it becomes difficult to air the issues due to fear of retaliation. It is important to note that, sexual harassment creates a hostile work environment for the victim and third parties who may not even be working in the affected organization.
If I am a human resource manager and my immediate supervisor is looking to hire an assistant and my friend has applied and that I have heard rumors about his quid pro quo, I would inform the person of what to expect regarding the behavior and conducts of the supervisor. Information …