Intentional and Uintentional Sexual Harassment

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This paper states sexual harassment includes any unwelcome, unsolicited, and non-reciprocated behavior that constitutes deliberate or unintentional verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature. The author explains that "quid pro quo" harassment takes place when an employee is required, directly or subtly, to tolerate harassment in order to retain or obtain a job, a promotion, or a pay increase. The paper relates that, if mediation fails, or if the victim issues a formal complaint in writing, the manager should take the necessary steps to conduct immediately comprehensive investigations into the matter in accordance with the company's sexual harassment policies.

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"In many cases, comments or actions are made unwittingly that are equivalent to sexual harassment. Even though there may have been no intent to harass another person, an offender might make sexually discriminating remarks or impose a role based on his or her sex, especially concerning sexual behavior or appearances, and degrade another person's personality, as a result. When this occurs, there are many detrimental consequences, many of which are as severe as those caused by intentional harassment. Basically, in my opinion, if a man compliments a woman on her taste in clothes on a regular basis, it is not sexual harassment. If she tells him it makes her uncomfortable and asks him to stop, it is, even if he does not intend it to be."

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