Social Issue and Workplace

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Social Issue and workplace1Course: NameSocial Issue and workplaceYours NameProfessor’s Name [optional]DOS:UniversityWrite a 2,000-word essay on the social issue of sexual harassment in the workplace. Your essayshould include the following:A clear definition and examples of sexual harassment.An analysis of laws and policies for controlling sexual harassment at work.The role of employee training and corporate involvement in preventing harassment.Recommended interventions and their potential benefits.A well-supported conclusion on the impact of effective harassment policies on workplaceculture.Ensure your essay is well-structured with an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion.Use at least three scholarly sources to support your arguments.

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Social Issue and workplace2The social issue I have chosen affecting the workplace and working environment is Sexualharassment.Introduction“The notion of harassmentatworkplace demonstrates quite a lot of unpleasant behaviors,repeatedly with utilization of authority differences and/or with unfair environment.”Sexual harassment is a sexual differentiation that occurs at workplace. It is sexualadvances, physical or verbal conduct tends to conduct offensive work environment. It happenswhen a man whistles a woman or a woman sees from up to down a man when he walks. Personinvolved in sexual harassment can be sues under the act of Civil Rights 1964. Sexual harassmentinclude the followings-Sexual assaultsUndesired sexual gesturesUnwanted telephone callsSexual teasing, commentsSexual jokes or storiesKissing sound, etc(Pryor, Giedd, & Williams, 1995)Controlling Sexual Harassment at Workplace using Laws

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Social Issue and workplace3In order to preventsexual harassment at workplace, the key aspect that is needed is thepromotion and development of written laws. Either the laws should be incorporated in thegeneral workplace harassment policy or it should be implemented as a stand-alone sexualharassment policy. The laws on sexual harassment should include the following points;It should clearly state that the organization will under all circumstances ensure that theworking environment being provided to employees is free from sexual harassment and strictdisciplinary action will be taken against the employees who will break the law. It shoulddemonstrate that the organization will commit to a comprehensive strategy for the elimination ofsexual harassment from the workplace (Basu, 2003).Under these laws, the organization should aim at creating a working environment whichhas no room for sexual harassment and where members of the staff are treated with courtesy,dignity and respect. Training and awareness raising strategies should be implemented in order toensure that all the employees know their responsibilities and rights. All the employees at theworkplace should be treated in a fair, sensitive, confidential and timely manner.The laws should provide an effective procedure for the complaints based on theprinciples that the procedure will be implemented in a fair manner. They should also guaranteecomplete protection from any kind ofvictimizationor reprisals. Appropriate standards ofconducts should be promoted at all times in the organization. Thebehaviorthat encourages thebreach of the sexual harassment policy should be reported immediately. Employees should beencouraged to do so (Basu, 2003).

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