MANAGEMENT GROUP 47 Bsc. Computer Science (400)

MANAGEMENT GROUP 47 Bsc . Computer Science (400).

[Audio] SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN THE WORK PLACELearning Objectives Definition of sexual harassment Learning the different types of sexual harassment Identifying sexual harassment Steps to filing a complaint.

DEFINITION. Unwelcome verbal, visual, or physical conduct of a sexual nature that is severe or pervasive and affects working conditions or creates a hostile work environment..

BREAKING DOWN THE DEFINITION: “CONDUCT”. Conduct is NOT sexual harassment if it is welcome. For this reason, it is important to communicate (either verbally or in writing) to the harasser that the conduct makes you uncomfortable and you want it to stop..

“OF SEXUAL NATURE”. • Verbal/Written: Comments about clothing, personal behavior , or a person’s body; sexual or sex-based jokes; requesting sexual favors or repeatedly asking a person out; sexual innuendoes; telling rumors about a person’s personal or sexual life; threatening a person, sending emails or text messages of a sexual nature Physical: Assault; impeding or blocking movement; inappropriate touching of a person or a person’s clothing; kissing, hugging, patting, stroking.

“OF A SEXUAL NATURE”. Nonverbal: Looking up and down a person’s body; derogatory gestures or facial expressions of a sexual nature; following a person Visual: Posters, drawings, pictures, screensavers, emails or text of a sexual nature.

INTENT VS IMPACT. Would I want someone else to act this way toward a person who I’m in a relationship with? Would I want any of those behaviors to be the subject of a column in my agency’s newsletters or to appear on the evening news? Have I examined and acknowledged my sex- role stereotypes?.

HARASSMENT OF A NON SEXUAL NATURE. • Non-sexual conduct may also be sexual harassment if you are harassed because you are female, rather than male, because you are male, rather than female, or because you are gender non-conforming. For example, it may be sexual harassment if you are a woman working as a carpenter on an all-male job, and you are the only one whose tools are frequently hidden by your male co- workers..

SEXUAL ORIENTATION & GENDER IDENTITY HARASSMENT. Examples of sexual orientation and gender identity harassment that either interferes with an individual’s employment or creates a hostile work environment include: Stating or implying in a negative manner that an employee is a gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, transgender, or gender non-confirming. Making jokes about gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, transgender, or gender non-confirming individuals..

SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER. Identity Harassment • Inquiringintothesexualpracticesofgay, lesbian,bi - sexual, transgender, or gender non-confirming individuals as a group. Derogatory slang about a gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, transgender, or gender non-confirming individual. Repeatedly expressing negative opinions about gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, transgender, or gender non-confirming individuals.Any harassing activity that is directed towards an employee due to the employee’s sexual orientation or gender identity, or that is negative about differing sexual orientations or gender identity, can constitute sexual harassment..

“SEVERE OR PERVASIVE”. The conduct of the harasser must be either severe or pervasive to be classified as sexual harassment. Although a single unwanted request for a date or one sexually suggestive comment might offend you and/or be inappropriate, it may not be sexual harassment. However, a number of relatively minor separate incidents may add up to sexual harassment if the incidents affect your work environment..

“AFFECTS WORKING CONDITIONS”. It may be sexual harassment if the conduct unreasonably interferes with your work performance or creates an “intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment.” For example, it may be sexual harassment if repeated sexual comments make you so uncomfortable at work that your performance suffers or you decline professional opportunities because it will put you in contact with the harasser..

HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT. Verbal, physical or visual forms of harassment, that are sexual in nature, "sufficiently severe, persistent, or pervasive" and unwelcome fall under the category of Hostile Environment Sexual Harassment. A single, severe incident, such as a sexual assault, could create a hostile environment. More commonly, a "hostile environment" is created by a series of incidents..

TYPES OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT. Quid Pro Quo (“This for that”)A person in a position of authority, typically a supervisor, demands sexual favors as a condition to getting or keeping a job benefit..

EXAMPLES PF SEXUAL HARASSMENT. Unwanted jokes, gestures, offensive words on clothing, and unwelcome comments and witty responses. Touching and any other bodily contact such as scratching or patting a coworker’s back, grabbing an employee around the waist, or interfering with an employee’s ability to move.• Repeated requests for dates that are turned down or unwanted flirting.

EXAMPLES. Transmitting or posting emails, texts, or pictures of a sexual or other harassment-related nature. Displaying sexually suggestive objects, pictures, or posters. Playing sexually suggestive music..

VERBAL EXAMPLES. Referring to an adult as a girl, a boy, hunk, doll, babe, or honey Whistling at someone, making cat calls Making sexual comments about a person’s body Making sexual comment or innuendos Turning work discussion to sexual topics Telling sexual jokes or stories Asking about sexual fantasies, preferences, or history.

VERBAL EXAMPLES. Asking person questions about social or sexual life Making sexual comments about a person’s clothing, anatomy, or looks Repeatedly asking out a person who is not interested Making kissing sounds, howling, and smacking lips Telling lies or speaking rumors about a person’s sex life.

NON VERBAL EXAMPLES. Looking a person up and down (elevator eyes) Staring at someone Blocking a person’s path Following the person Giving personal gifts Displaying sexually suggestive visuals Making facial expressions such a winking throwing kisses, licking lip s Making sexual gestures with hands or through body movements.

OVERCOMING SEXUAL HARASSMENT BY APPLYING MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES.