Ethical Responsibilities and Sexual Harassment
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You are the assistant human resource manager for Proctor and Gamble. One of your tasks is to monitor the e-mail of all employees. You have discovered an e-mail that you would consider "sexual harassment," which was sent from one employee to another. What specific action steps would you take in this situation? What are your ethical responsibilities under these circumstances?
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This solution explains what the proper course of action should be upon discovering that an employee email sent to another employee was considered sexual harassment. The specific actions to take and the ethical responsibilities involved are also thoroughly discussed.
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In this situation, you have an ethical and legal responsibility to protect the worker, even if the worker does not want to be protected. As part of management, your duty is based on following the law. Sexual harassment is not tolerable or legal in any state in the U.S. and falls under federal employment law. Because you discovered an email message ...
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