Assignment:
Legal Dimensions of Sexual Harassment
Ruth Linsky, a sales manager at Triton, storms into your office (i.e., you are taking the role of Barbara, the HR Director) and claims that she has been discriminated against in the selection of a new marketing director at Triton. Given these difficult circumstances, your human resources management team has decided to notify George, the CEO, to explain the severity of the situation and potential solutions.
Your call should include answers to the following questions.
1.From the HR manager's perspective, what is the best approach to handling this conflict in the short term?
2.Does Ruth have a strong sexual harassment case? Elaborate.
3.What should Triton do in the longer term to assure more effective career management for other minority/female employees?
Legal Dimensions of Sexual Harassment
1.Quid pro quo: to get something (promotion), you have to do this (go out with me.
2.Hostile environment: conduct that "alters the conditions of (the victim's) environment and creates and abusive working environment."
a.Can the employee document a history of hostility?
b.Are there witnesses to the harassment?
c.Has the employee told the harasser that his/her actions are unwelcome?
To avoid liability the employer has to prove it exercised reasonable care to prevent and correct the sexual harassing behavior and the employee failed to take advantage of the preventive/corrective opportunities.
Attachment:- Mismanaged MS Case.rar