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Preventing Sexual Harassment

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) defines sexual harassment as unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature when:

A. Submission to such conduct is made a term or condition of employment.

B. Submission to or rejection of such conduct is used as a basis for employment decisions affecting the individual.

C. Such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an employee´s work performance.

D. Such conduct has the purpose or effect of creating an intimidating, hostile or offensive working environment.

E. All of the above.

The best answer is E. All of the above defines what is meant by sexual harassment under the EEOC´s guidelines. Economic sexual harassment occurs when a supervisor or manager conditions an employment benefit or continued employment on the employee´s acquiescence in sexual behavior. Hostile environment sexual harassment occurs where sexual jokes, graffiti, suggestive remarks, cartoons or sexually derogatory comments create an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment.