http://sexualharassmentresources.com Sexual Harassment and Resources to stop it Tue, 24 Jul 2007 22:20:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   The Equal Opportunity Harasser   Bad Management at it's Worst     One of the backside realities of case law in Discrimination Cases is know as the Equal Opportunity Harasser.  It is based on the 1998    U.S. Supreme Court Case of Joseph Oncale vs. Sundowner Offshore Ser­vices, Inc.   In this Supreme Court Decision, the basic players ... http://sexualharassmentresources.com/?p=36 THE AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE:   SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY   Some might consider the Affirmative Defense to be a Dual Edged Sword.  It is sharp--well focused and can hurt you really badly, if you are either unaware of the Affirmative Defense--or ignore it.    Let's shed some light on the duality of the Affirmative Defense by phrasing what ... http://sexualharassmentresources.com/?p=35   RETALIATION   Tempted?  THINK AT LEAST TWICE!!   Retaliation can come in a lot of different shapes, and sizes, so let's tune our discussion to Retaliation in the world of Discrimination Law.   Yes Discrimination:   ·        Age Discrimination ·        Disabilities Discrimination ·        Harassment ·        Sexual Harassment   When an employee comes to management to talk about discrimination, particular care must be taken ... http://sexualharassmentresources.com/?p=34     Ethics in Business Communications.   Privacy issues around words such as "Personal", "Private", "For the Eyes of Department Management Only", "Privileged" and other words requesting Privacy in communications.   It is incumbent upon managers in business, education, and industry today, to be very sensitive and forthright in their communications, and in response to ... http://sexualharassmentresources.com/?p=33 The Ethics of Executive Compensation   Would you love to have a means of having your friends and closest work buddies, determine your salary?  And would you be likely to help those friends themselves increase their salaries?  How about if in helping those friends, you might also help yourself?   Such is the apparent ... http://sexualharassmentresources.com/?p=32   Management Responsibilities    Once an individual assumes a management role, His/Her responsibility is now to the entire group of employees on his/her staff, which we will refer to as the team.   As a general rule, it would not be uncommon for the new manager to have prior work or social relationships with ... http://sexualharassmentresources.com/?p=31   CONFIDENTIALITY Must You or Can't You Honor It? Today, we look at Confidentiality as an issue in harassment and Sexual Harassment environments. It literally is a dual edged sword, one that has strict considerations that may well be a matter of the environment in which confidentiality is considered. Let's consider confidentiality in the ... http://sexualharassmentresources.com/?p=30   Justice NO…Foul Play in the Duke Lacrosse Players Case The case of the Duke Lacrosse Players has finally ended with Justice being served. But not before over zealous local members of the legal community had a field day with the emotions and well being of the Lacrosse Players, their families, the ... http://sexualharassmentresources.com/?p=28 Justice for Mr. Reid--The Shoe Bomber   Remember the guy who got on a plane with a bomb built into his shoe and tried to light it?   Did you know his trial is over?    Did you know he was sentenced?    Did you see/hear any of the judge's comments on TV or    Radio?    Didn't think so.  So, courtesy ... http://sexualharassmentresources.com/?p=27   Why are we not ALL covered under the Discrimination Laws? The thought that "All Men are Created Equal" was one of the founding building blocks of this great country. Unfortunately, it is historically correct to say that we have not always lived up to that concept or ideal. The anti discrimination law ... http://sexualharassmentresources.com/?p=26