1. Sexual Harassment Alex, Christie, Jeff, and Lindsey

2. Agenda Watch a short clip Define sexual harassment Four take-aways Sexual Harassment Training programs can reduce legal and monetary consequences. Prevention and Reporting are key for a safe work environment. Victims and observers perspectives effect prevalence and reporting. Increasing employee satisfaction is key when considering sexual harassment policies. Three Case Scenarios Wrap up

3. NCIS TRAILER http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWZO_zehR9w

4. How would you all define sexual harassment?

5. How the Equal Opportunity Commission Defines Sexual Harassment Unwelcome sexual advances, request for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitute sexual harassment when 1. Submission to such Employment conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual’s employment, 2. Submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as the basis for employment decisions affecting such individuals, or 3. Such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual’s work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment.

6. Take Away 1. Organizations can reduce the consequences, both legally and momentarily, they face from sexual harassment cases by investing in sexual harassment training programs for all of their employees and reviewing such rules and procedures with their employees regularly.

7. Legal Perspective understand how the law views sexual harassment how the court handles sexual harassment cases looking at the courts actions when organizations fail to provide training regarding sexual harassments how the organizations handled the cases prior to the courts becoming involved

8. Take Away 2. Sexual harassment holds many implications for organizations and so it is in their best interests to put great focus on prevention and reporting to create a safe working environment

9. Organizational Perspective The Importance of Prevention Eliminating Apprehension for Reporting Legal Rulings that Aid Prevention Providing Reporting Options

10. Take Away 3. Organizations need to understand the effects that the perceptions of victims and observers of sexual harassment has on the prevalence of the reporting of such behaviors in order to assess for their risks of liability and to take measures to avoid being held liable.

11. Victim and Observer Perceptions Victims’ Perceptions of Sexual Harassment Organizations’ Influence over Victims’ Perceptions Observers’ Perceptions Gender and Observers’ Perceptions Attractiveness and Observers’ Perceptions Observers as Victims

12. Take Away 4. Organizations can increase employees’ satisfaction with sexual harassment policies by taking the time to inform them on the issue, policies, and procedures because the more clarity that employees’ feel that they have on the topic, the more satisfied they are with their organizations’ sexual harassment policies.

13. Employees Perspective Organizations must think about the questions that employees will have regarding the issue Employees tend to be more satisfied when they are informed about company policy and how these events will happen. Ask Employees about how they believe the discipline should be handled Direct correlation between policy satisfaction, and training and familiarity with the policy

14. Case Scenario Maria has returned from maternity leave and needs to leave work promptly at 5:00 to pick up her child at child care. Her boss is not happy about her early departure, but makes it clear to her that if she does something “extra” for him, it will be okay. It is clear to Maria that something extra means something sexual and she is very uncomfortable with the situation. Do you think the boss’s behavior constitutes sexual harassment?

15. Case Scenarios While at work, Nina frequently makes personal phone calls to her friends. Her conversations are loud and generously sprinkled with foul and obscene language. Her co-workers in nearby cubicles cannot help but overhear her conversations. Can Nina's behavior be interpreted as sexually harassing? If no, explain why not. If yes, explain why.

16. Case Scenarios Mihai persists in asking his co-worker Maria out to dinner, even though she turns him down each and every time he requests a date. She has told him several times to stop asking. Mihai’s behavior does not constitute sexual harassment, because sexual harassment may only occur between a male boss and a female subordinate. True or False?

17. To Wrap It Up Sexual Harassment Training programs can reduce legal and monetary consequences. Prevention and Reporting are key for a safe work environment. Victims and observers perspectives effect prevalence and reporting. Increasing employee satisfaction is key when considering sexual harassment policies.