Sexual Harassment After the Advances Term Paper

These types of insurance against claims of sexual impropriety and harassment are becoming more and more common in light of the established legal precedents defining sexual harassment.

Another way that employers have reacted to sexual harassment is to educate and train employees about what constitutes it. Many employers have created classes, seminars, or even just opened discussion about how sexual harassment is defined by the Supreme Court, as well as taken steps to ensure that employees realize that the court of public opinion is one in which the company may be effected just as harshly. These types of education and training have been demonstrated to improve employee relations and to increase awareness of what behaviors may constitute sexual harassment in the workplace (Antecol and Cobb-Clark, 2003).

This report has summarized the legal definitions of sexual harassment and the current legal treatment of this behavior. From its original prohibition in the Civil Rights Act to recent disputes regarding employer liability for their work environments, the legal status of sexual harassment has evolved and been narrowed, but the overriding principle-that discriminating or altering treatment toward someone based on their gender-has remained the same, and can be seen in the methods used to prevent this type of discrimination by employers today.Works Cited

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