Stop Sexual Harassment In The Workplace

Introduction

The topic that I have chosen to do my research paper on is about sexual harassment in the workplace. Sexual harassment is defined as harassment in a workplace, or other professional or social situation, involving the making of unwanted sexual advances or obscene remarks. I have chosen this topic because I have witnessed sexual harassment at work before and I wanted to learn about prevention methods and what was being done to stop these incidents from occurring. Also, I wanted to learn more about what I can do to stop sexual harassment from occurring in the workplace and how bad this issue really is. Over the course of this paper I will highlight my five article review articles, the relevance of this topic to the course, and highlight …show more content…
The author also points out that the purpose of this article is to create an awareness of sexual harassment in the workplace due to its impact on each victim’s health, physiologically and mentally. This issue is relevant in the workplace and has been for years, yet some companies are still letting it happen or don’t know how to solve the problem. It is critical that companies are aware and take care of their employees, or else the company will implode from within. This is a major issue that still occurs in today’s workplace and this article is trying to bring attention to that and how businesses can go about finding …show more content…
The author found that culture impacts the way sexual harassment is perceived. Nevertheless, there are common responses to sexual harassment that seem to be universal. Generally, sexual harassment must be significant for most victims to report it, but even severe harassment is often not reported. Victims tend to ignore, handle jokingly, or just avoid the harasser when the perceived harassment is viewed as very minor. Severe harassment tends to lower productivity, cause stress and absenteeism, and lower