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Oncale V. Sundowner Offshore Services Case Study
Week 1: Case Study of Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc.

The legal case of Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc. is a sex discrimination case under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. “Title VII specifically forbids any employer to … discriminate with respect to compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment in any way that would deprive any individual of employment opportunity due to race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.” (Twomey, 2013, p. 397). In this case, Oncale claimed that he was being discriminated against in his workplace because of his sex. In reading the case online, Oncale was “was forcibly subjected to sex-related, humiliating actions against him … in the presence of the rest
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