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Special
Report: A Sexual Harassment Quiz
TRUE OR
FALSE:
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Men
in male dominated workplaces
usually have to change their
behavior when a woman begins
working there.
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An
employer is not liable for the
sexual harassment of one of its
employees unless that employee
lost specific job benefits or
was fired.
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A
court can require a sexual
harasser to pay part of the
judgment to the employee if he
or she is sexually harassed.
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A
supervisor can be liable for
sexual harassment done by one of
his or her employees to another.
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An
employer can be liable for the
sexually harassing behavior of
management personnel even if it
is unaware of that behavior and
has a policy forbidding it.
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It
is appropriate for a supervisor,
when initially receiving a
sexual harassment complaint, to
determine if the alleged
recipient overreacted or
misunderstood the alleged
behavior.
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When a supervisor is talking
with an employee about an
allegation of sexual harassment
against him or her, it is best
to ease into the allegation
instead of being direct.
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Sexually suggestive visuals or
objects in a workplace don’t
create a liability unless an
employee complains about them
and management allows them to
remain.
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The
lack of sexual harassment
complaints is a good indication
that sexual harassment is not
occurring.
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It
is appropriate for a supervisor
to tell an employee to handle
unwelcome sexual behavior if he
or she thinks that the employee
is misunderstanding the
behavior.
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The
intent behind employee A’s
sexual behavior is more
important than the impact of
that behavior on employee B when
determining if sexual harassment
occurred.
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