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Running head : Sexual harassment

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Introduction

Sexual harassment refers to any sexual conduct or advance to a person whether a man or a woman that is unwelcome . This form of harassment creates an offensive , hostile and intimidating working environment . It is a wide spread problem which in most cases has the effect of causing low morale among the workers especially those that are frequently sexually harassed . It leads to low productivity and thus low output for unions and employers and also introduces an

expense to the management in terms of the law suits d by the workers who have been sexually harassed . Therefore less sexual harassment will lead to increased productivity at the work place and in addition reduce the legal costs incurred as a result of the cases that have been d by the sexually harassed workers (Roberts Mann , n . d

Effects of sexual harassment at work place

Sexual harassment creates a hostile working environment for the workers and especially the ones facing sexual harassment . For any worker to be productive , academic achievements and experience alone are not enough to ensure optimal productivity . The working environment for the worker is a very important factor maximum productivity among the workers . The workers who are frequently harassed either sexually or through any other form of harassment usually have a negative attitude towards their work in the organization and in fact hate the organization they are working for and will in most cases remain in such organizations simply...

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