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    Social Issue and workplace 1 Course: Name Social Issue and workplace Yours Name Professor’s Name [optional] DOS: University Write a 2,000 - word essay on the social issue of sexual harassment in the workplace. Your essay should include the following:  A clear definition and examples o f 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 - suppor ted conclusion on the impact of effective harassment policies on workplace culture. 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 workplace 2 The social issue I have chosen affecting the workplace and working environment is Sexual harassment. Introduction “The notion of harassment at workplace 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 sexual advances, physical or verbal conduct tends to conduct offensive work environment. It happens when a man whistles a woman or a woman sees from up to down a man when he walks. Person involved in sexual harassment can be sues under the act of Civil Rights 1964. Sexual harassment include 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 workplace 3 In order to prevent sexual harassment at workplace, the key aspect that is needed is the promotion and development of written laws. Either the laws should be incorporated in the general workplace harassment policy or it should be implemented as a stand - alone sexual harassment policy. The laws on sexual harassment should include the following points; It should clearly state that the organization will under all circumstances ensure that the working environment being provided to employees is free from sexual harassment and strict disciplinary action will be taken against the employees who will break the law. It should demonstrate that the organization will commit to a comprehensive strategy for the elimination of sexual harassment from the workplace ( Basu, 2003). Under these laws, the organization should aim at creating a working environment which has 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 to ensure that all the employees know their responsibilities and rights. All the employees at the workplace should be treated in a fair, sensitive, confidential and timely manner. The laws should provide an effective procedure for the complaints based on the principles that the procedure will be implemented in a fair manner. They should also guarantee complete protection from any kind of victimization or reprisals. Appropriate standards of conducts should be promoted at all times in the organization. The behavior that encourages the breach of the sexual harassment policy should be reported immediately. Employees should be encouraged to do so ( Basu, 2003).

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