Sexual Harassment in the Workforce.docx ENGL-147 Do Preventative Measures Help Prevent Sexual Harassment Within the Workforce? ENGL-147 Sexual harassment is fairly common in the workforce and there are many meaning
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Sexual Harassment in the Workforce.docx ENGL-147 Do Preventative Measures Help Prevent Sexual Harassment Within the Workforce? ENGL-147 Sexual harassment is fairly common in the workforce and there are many meanings to the definition of sexual harassment. According to United Educators, sexual harassment claims are rising nationwide across all industries (2020). The U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission describes sexual harassment as any “Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual natureâ€. (2002) Typically, in cases of sexual harassment within the workforce there are protocols put into place that should prevent or help guide what employers are to do with these claims. If one is to report sexual harassment in the workforce, then as a company policy, actions should be taken immediately. Although companies are supposed to follow protocols when a sexual harassment claim is made, that is not always the case, it often leads to victim shaming, tension in the workplace between employees, perpetrators are higher authority, human resource often neglect claims of sexual harassment, the legalities of sexual harassment are very minimal, and numbers of sexual harassment only continue to increase as more claims come forward. When sexual harassment in the workplace occurs and is reported, often victims are shunned and forced out of the company. As stated by Brendan L. Smith (2018, p. 36), “Wilson had one client whose desk was moved into a hallway outsid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .
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