Sexual Harrassment
Sexual Harassment
Sexual harassment is an ethical issue that happens more often that we think. In the workplace sexual harassment has become so extreme that most women are afraid to report it. The majority of the sexual harassment complaints are from women that have been harassed by a supervisor. In this case Lavonda was in a personal relationship with Allen and now that she broke it off, he is sexually harassing her and bullying her.
Lavonda’s problems Lavonda is faced with multiple problems. She was lured into the company by false honesty of Allen, tricked into a relationship that was a lie and for Allen’s own self-interest. The biggest issue that Lavonda faces is sexual harassment. In the beginning she was taken from her old job by Allen by offering her a bigger salary and a chance to be able to take care of her mother. Allen started using his power early to gain Lavonda’s trust by being a close personal “friend”. As a supervisor Allen should have never let this relationship pass the supervisor/subordinate relationship. It should have been strictly business. Lavonda was unaware of the policies held by this new company. After Lavonda called off the personal relationship, Allen continued to sexually harass her.
Lavonda’s alternatives
Some of Lavonda’s alternatives and possible professional and private outcomes include her current situation the meeting with the vice president of current affairs. She went to human resources to report that Allen was sexually harassing her, but since Karline was in charge of HR and also the other person that Allen was seeing, she left Lavonda feeling uncomfortable and threatented to report her as well as Allen. This left Lavonda in a spot of confusion. If she reported Allen, then she too could lose her job for having a relationship with her supervisor. She could take up Allen on his offer and coax the new sales rep for Allen and then she could be transferred out from under his management, but then that would allow Allen
Sexual harassment is an ethical issue that happens more often that we think. In the workplace sexual harassment has become so extreme that most women are afraid to report it. The majority of the sexual harassment complaints are from women that have been harassed by a supervisor. In this case Lavonda was in a personal relationship with Allen and now that she broke it off, he is sexually harassing her and bullying her.
Lavonda’s problems Lavonda is faced with multiple problems. She was lured into the company by false honesty of Allen, tricked into a relationship that was a lie and for Allen’s own self-interest. The biggest issue that Lavonda faces is sexual harassment. In the beginning she was taken from her old job by Allen by offering her a bigger salary and a chance to be able to take care of her mother. Allen started using his power early to gain Lavonda’s trust by being a close personal “friend”. As a supervisor Allen should have never let this relationship pass the supervisor/subordinate relationship. It should have been strictly business. Lavonda was unaware of the policies held by this new company. After Lavonda called off the personal relationship, Allen continued to sexually harass her.
Lavonda’s alternatives
Some of Lavonda’s alternatives and possible professional and private outcomes include her current situation the meeting with the vice president of current affairs. She went to human resources to report that Allen was sexually harassing her, but since Karline was in charge of HR and also the other person that Allen was seeing, she left Lavonda feeling uncomfortable and threatented to report her as well as Allen. This left Lavonda in a spot of confusion. If she reported Allen, then she too could lose her job for having a relationship with her supervisor. She could take up Allen on his offer and coax the new sales rep for Allen and then she could be transferred out from under his management, but then that would allow Allen