Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

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This paper discusses how sexual harassment continues to be a problem in the workplace, for women as well as a growing number of men. The first part of this paper examines the reasons behind the persistence of sexual harassment and looks at its deleterious effects on the workplace. The second part of the paper then recommends measures to address this problem.

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"In 1998, following a class action lawsuit for sexual harassment, Salomon Smith Barney agreed to set aside $15 million to enact policy changes aimed at making the company a more hospitable environment for women. This landmark settlement resulted from investigations showing that the brokerage firm was guilty of practices like intimidation, explicit sexual talk, excluding them from meetings and hiring strippers for company entertainment parties held at the firm's infamous "boom boom room" (Antilla 28). Salomon Smith Barney is by no means the only high-profile sexual harassment case drawing attention. Mitsubishi recently settled $34 million sexual harassment lawsuit involving female workers at its manufacturing plant in Normal, Illinois. The soap-manufacturing company of Dial settled a similar $10 million lawsuit, after the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged them with violating sexual harassment statutes at their plant in Aurora, Illinois. Many experts believe that thousands of other cases in smaller, lower-profile companies simply go unreported."

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