Ronald F. White, Ph.D. College of Mount St. Joseph

What is Sexual Harassment? EEOC –“Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature...when (1) submission to such 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 individual, 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.”

Biological Context –Male preferences and mating strategies Dominance hierarchies violence –Female preferences and mating strategies Social and Political Context –Hierarchy in the workplace –Women as recent arrivals in the workplace

QUID PRO QUO –Liberty (Freedom of Speech) –Offers Enticing offers –Men –Women Repulsive Offers –Coercive Offers-Threats Reciprocity –Equal benefits –Unequal Benefits Retaliation HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT –Equality of Opportunity –Harm Principle

Liberty –Harm Principle –Freedom of speech –Freedom of Association –Thick Skin Principle Utility –For corporations –For American Industry Justice –Formal Principle of Justice –Equality of Opportunity

Policy Considerations Private Policy –Sexual Harassment Policy –Communication of that Policy –Procedures for Reporting Violations –Taking Appropriate Action Public Policy –Stockholder Theory (market sanction) –Stakeholder Theory (government sanction)