Analysis of Sexual Harassment Policy at the Southern Illinois University Carbondale
One of the common misconceptions about sexual harassment is that business owners are protected against liability so long the supervisors or managers avoid making sexual advances against an unwilling subordinate. Employers think that they are insulated from suits so long as this traditional form of sexual harassment is avoided in the workplace. This is the mistake often committed by employers. Nowadays, the scope of sexual harassment has been expanded by law and by the Supreme Court so as to include lawsuits by subordinates who willingly submitted to the sexual advances...
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