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    When most adolescents and young adults are on social media, many are not fully aware of the dangers cyber harassment can do to an individual. While online, individuals are usually in social settings like group chats, commenting on videos or pictures, checking up on people, or meeting complete strangers. Many are not thinking about what can happen online when someone randomly turns on an individual or starts harassing that person for no reason at all. Individuals who are victims to this on social media are more likely to be overwhelmed and may not handle this appropriately by themselves. Being a victim to cyber harassment is a big issue and should be handled seriously. The victims of this worldwide problem end up not being the same as before,…

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    Harassment is a crime that can range from minor to extreme. Harassment can be verbal, physical, emotional, stalking, or now, online. This crime is often under reported and statistics can be misleading. Victims of harassment vary from the unfazed to the severely traumatized. Courts can easily become overwhelmed and burdened with minor issues and harassment has typically been found to be a nuisance crime. However, the courts have recently began seeing harassment as a gateway crime to assaults…

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    We’ve seen a lot of schools in the news lately being investigated because of sexual harassment and assault. I hope that we aren’t having a problem with sexual assault, but I know we have a problem with harassment. Sexual harassment can have many detrimental outcomes on the victim such as not wanting to go to class, trouble sleeping, lower grades, and anxiety. (Hill 23). It is very important that resources are available to these…

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    Latoya Guider Professor Jeff Sing CMT 220 23 September 2015 Harassment in the workplace Harassment is an act perpetrated by an individual that makes someone feel uncomfortable, offended, frightened or abused. This would have to take place in an environment such as an office, store, school, factory or anywhere people are employed and/or conduct business, in order for it to be considered workplace harassment. The most frequent type of harassment is sexual harassment. The Equal Employment…

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    Harassment In Education

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    Every year 12,000 harassment claims are filed with the EEOC (Bush Lewis Lawyers, 2014). One in four women, to one in 17 men have experiencing sexual harassment (Langer, 2011). Sexual harassment has been so pervasive in our culture that in some organizations and environments, it is so commonplace that it is considered a daily part of life. With the rise of our global technological economy, sexual harassment has taken on additional forms via email, sexting, and through social media. Sexual…

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    Sexual Harassment Sexual harassment is a large problem all over the world, and it can cause people to feel uncomfortable going to places such as work or even the hospital. Sexual harassment is generally described as unwanted sexual propositions, appealing for sexual favors, and other physical or verbal harassment of a sexual nature (Sexual Harassment). There are many problems that occur because of sexual harassment, and the people who are harassed usually do not admit because they do…

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    platforms of social media including the following: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, Vine, or YouTube. By establishing a fine line between work and personal life decreases the chances of employees being unprofessional outside of a work environment. One of the step to our first solution will be to have a written policy regarding sexual harassment. This policy must contain the definition of sexual harassment. “ It is unlawful to harass a person( an applicant or employee)…

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    Sexual harassment was seen, primarily among women, as an inevitable occupational hazard. However, since 1986, sexual harassment has been recognized as a violation of federal law, yet it is still a common violation occurring towards both males and females, particularly in the hospitality and tourism industry (Calvasina, 2005). This essay explains what sexual harassment in the workplace is, as well as, what is classified as sexual harassment. There are numerous reasons as to why sexual harassment…

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    responsible for keeping their employees safe from sexual harassment in the workplace. Therefore, human resource management is obligated to ensure each employee is trained and aware of the organization’s policies regarding sexual harassment. In order to understand how human resource management can help prevent sexual harassment in a work environment, it is important to know what is sexual harassment and how to protect our employees. First, we will take a look at the meaning of sexual harassment…

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    Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination that violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VII applies to employers with 15 or more employees, including state and local governments. It also applies to employment agencies and to labor organizations, as well as to the federal government. Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitute sexual harassment when this conduct explicitly or implicitly affects…

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