Sexual harassment

Sexual harassment is the verbal or physical conduct of unwelcome sexual requests or favors that are made as terms and conditions for getting employment or any other need one may have. Sexual harassment may come in different forms but the most common are associated with either a favorable treatment in acceptance or hostile working environment for refusal (TWC, 2011). From the recent statistics, only 18 percent of female employees in China, Nanjing, have never faced Sexual Harassment out of 100 respondents (Lim & Yazdanifard, 2015). This shows that sexual harassment is a global issue

I’ve heard many harassment cases among which one of my friends was a victim. It was a tiresome period of looking for a job and luckily she found one. The vacancy was for a secretary in a private hospital and so she became one. She realized that the job was simple but well paying comparing to the other occupations she had had. Little did she know that this treatment would be at a cost. The doctor who was also the owner of the hospital made several attempts of seducing the lady. Lucky enough she was able to realize this in time and so she had to flee. She later came to know that several people had been offered jobs there but ended up being sexually harassed.

In times of sexual harassment, one should seek legal help in the workplace. This can be through consulting an employee rights attorney who is experienced. Most people suffer this harassment because of keeping silence instead of speaking up. People should speak up the issue regardless of the consequences (TWC, 2011).

For the cases of sexual harassment to be prevented, organizations should consider the following measures. First they should develop a policy that prohibits sexual harassment, communicate it to all workers, carry out investigations on such cases and if anyone is found she or she should be punished. A follow-up of the policy should be made unlike in the case study where it is stated that “The president did not follow that policy…” (TWC, 2011)

References

Lim Woan, J., & Yazdanifard, R. (2015). The Alarming Trend of Sexual Harassment Occurrences in the Workplace and What Can Be Done. International Journal Of Management, Accounting & Economics, 2(5), 467-480.