Question

Read each scenario and pick the statement that matches it.

1. Kim is interested in her coworker Ron. She spends her extra time staring at Ron at his desk. She often leaves gifts on his desk, and she hugs him whenever she sees him.
2. Layne is romantically interested in his employee, Brenda. He keeps asking her out, and she repeatedly has to turn him down.
3. Joy is a supervisor over Elias. She repeatedly solicits sexual behavior from Elias and does other inappropriate actions that a reasonable person would find offensive. Elias has not solicited the behavior and finds it unwelcome. Joy never imposes a tangible job action against Elias.
a) not guilty of sexual harassment, dependent on harassee.
b) not guilty of sexual harassment, no qualifier.
c) guilty of hostile work environment sexual harassment.
d) guilty of quid pro quo sexual harassment.

Answer 1

c) guilty of hostile work environment sexual harassment.

Step-by-step explanation:

• Sexual harassment is a behavior that is characterized by making unwelcome or inappropriate remarks or any physical advances in works place or any profession.

• Looking at the situation it can be seen that Kim, Layne, and joy are making there advances and repeatedly making solicited behavior thus are guilty of the hostile work environment and harassment.