Sexual Harassment Case Study: Eugene Supervisor

The reporting party (RP) stated resident Arev Dabbagh DOB: 12/27/00 disclosed on 4/15/16 she inappropriately touched by a male peer. According to the Arev on 4/14/16 a peer Ibraheem Mamoori DOB: 9/2/98) placed his hand on her shoulder and continued downwards towards her breast. The peer touched her breast over he clothing. The resident was distraught while she recounted the incident. Arev alluded to their being other incidents with the peer and other unknown males. Arev didn't disclose details or clarification. Arev was placed voluntarily in the facility by her mother and will continue her placement for a few more weeks. The peer is currently placed on a 5150 hold and will not have access to Arev in the future.

The worker contacted Anita Roberson who the mother of Amber Bowe and grandmother to her children. The worker asked Mrs. Bowe if she had any concerns for a Mr. William Chadwick who is the father of Amber Bowe’s younger children Jameson and Jackson. Mrs. Bowe stated “William is verbally and physically abusive the kids. Jameson has told me her dad has called her a “bitch” before because he was mad at her. Jackson has told me he dad has thrown him on the bed by his neck because daddy was upset at him. Mrs. Roberson recanted she was told by the children about an incident where Jackson had defecated in his underwear and William made him “eat” the feces as punishment. Mrs. Roberson stated all the previous incidents occurred around the time Jackson

The reporter stated there was an incident when Mrs. Sterling sent a 15 year old boy that Briana wanted to go to homecoming with text messages about her breast. The reporter also stated there was an incident when Mrs. Sterling dropped Briana off at a party she was not invited to because the host did not want to deal with her mother. The reporter stated Briana knew the owners of the home and she was not injured or harm while attending the party. The reporter stated Mrs. Sterling has been witnessed grabbing Briana’s hair, yelling, screaming, and threatening to hit her with a belt when she doesn’t perform her gymnastic stunts correctly. Ms. Barbay stated Mr. Sterling comes into the home drunk and Mrs. Sterling will call the children in a room when the parents are about to fight; the children have to stand in the room to watch their parents fight. Per the reporter, during the fight, Mrs. Sterling will have the children call their paternal grandparents for help. The reporter stated Mr. Sterling’s father is best friend with a local judge in the town that sweeps the family’s dysfunction under the rug. Ms. Barbay stated Mr. Sterling’s father has stated in the past that neither one of the parents deserve the

He denied pushing or grabbing Andrew. James Boston state he was in the back area of the office and didn't see the incident, however, he did hear Andrew using profanity. Staff member Boston stated Andrew can minimize his behavior and stretch the truth. Consequently the RP contacted the group home administrator Robert Carter at (661) 900-6342 and informed him what was being reported by Andrew. Mr. Carter disclosed there was video footage and the situation was being investigated. In addition he stated the language Mr. Wilcox should have used was guided not escorted out of the office. Furthermore Andrew has propensity to fabricate stories. The RP stated Mr. Care acknowledge Andrew was not being a danger to himself or other while in the office. When the RP disclosed to Mr. Carter the prior incident where Andrew reported his finger being fractured and the wrestling/fighting incident, Mr. Carter informed the RP there was never a visit to the hospital a fractured finger only a follow up appointment regarding a previous leg injury. The RP asked Mr. Carter if he would be willing to move staff member Wilcox to another facility to ensure Andrew's safety and shortly thereafter Shawn was moved to another

I spoke with Ms. Valerie on July 31, 2017, at 6:58 p.m over the phone. Ms. Valerie stated that the client Bryce Linder verbalized that an advocate Leslie McKeown slapped him in the face. Then later she stated that the advocate Catina Hampton slapped him on the left side of his face during a group session, held at the HCAP office Located at 4120 Directors Row Suite D. Ms. Valerie stated that Bryce informed her that Catina verbalized to the client, “I have to slap you because you were being disrespectful during group.” Ms. Valerie also mentioned that Catina filed a CPS report on the family because Bryce stated that his former therapist molested him in the past and no one reported the incident. The advocate went out of town for a family emergency the week of July 24 –July 30. Ms. Valerie stated that Catina Hampton asked her if it was ok to take care of her two dogs during the time that she was out. Ms. Valerie stated that one of the dogs died from overheating and the other dog was stuck under the house.

The RP stated Nicole revealed that Dayjiontay put his hands in her pants and touched her pubic hairs. The RP stated Dayjiontay was not outside with Nicole and based on information received from staff Nicole and Dayjiontay were not in contact with one another. The RP stated she made the report due to Nicole's allegation. Additionally referral #1148-5502-1861-10383333 dated 4/24/15 is also associated with the facility. On 4/24/15 Nolan Scaduto age 15 DOB: 1/27/15 disclosed to a Bayfront youth counselor Jamar Harbin that resident Dayjiontay George for him to have sex with him sometime in late 2014. Nolan reported the incident happened in a bathroom stall at the Bayfront facility when staff member Named Mike Taylor enter the stall and said "what are you two doing in there?" It is unclear if the staff member did anything further. Per the RP Dayjiontay George was a bully and was

REPORTER: The reporter (Gennette) called with concerns for the victims, Leslie, Tapenga, and Teagan. According to the reporter, there was a police report in Leslie’s file from Wisconsin. When Justin Tegelman (Leslie’s brother/special needs/currently 19 years old) was 16 years old, he had six counts of sexual assault (from December 2011-June 2012), while living in Wisconsin. The incidents occurred when Justin was a minor. In the police report, Chad (Justin’s father) caught him doing something to one of his sisters (Tapenga). Chad caught them under the covers, and it didn’t appear that their pants were down. Justin said they (Tapenga) were humping. The reporter said, Chad clapped his hands together to indicate humping and Tapenga said “that’s not what happened”. Justin described it as

"I received from Mr. Rachell the newspaper article about other sexual assaults. Since there were very few similarities and connection between the sexual assaults and the sexual assault Mr. Rachell was accused of committing, I did not believe that this information from Mr. Rachell merited much investigation.” Roma Khanna. "Assaults on kids continued after jailing of inmate later cleared." Houston Chronicle. N.p., 18 Dec. 2008. Web. 03 May

Shortly after Hill began working with Thomas, he started making inappropriate comments and holding inappropriate conversations. He asked her out to a social event and she told him that she did not want to mix work and personal life. He would regularly have them eat lunch together under with the assumption of “work related conversations”, those conversations would turn into pornographic conversations. He would tell her what he recently saw or wanted to

Reporter (Charlesetta) stated the following: He has been talking about the abuse and has been going back and forth since October 20th/ He said he was sexually assaulted by a 12 year old girl (unknown). Ms. Katina allowed the girl to come over. No one was responsible for their care. Ms. Katina was not there.

On the event date, the CP conducted a unannounced home visit to Ruby Dunson residence. The CP learned that Ruby is 86 years old, paternal grandmother (PGM) from the children father side, and currently being cared by her grandchildren and a home health aide. She was unable to talk to the CP as the aide was caring for. It was the aide that greeted the CP at the door and asked permission from Ruby granddaughter, Dominique Dunson to allow the CP in the home. Dominique allowed the CP in the home once she learned that the CP is Edward worker. She immediately welcome the CP and asked why the CP is conducting a visit to the home at which the CP explained that Edward did not arrive home yesterday nor tell his other sister about his whereabouts. Dominique expressed that she told

Harassment has no boundaries when it comes to race, age, or gender. As mentioned previously, there are sometimes underlying problems when it comes to lower-status positions and high-status positions. Power can be dangerous in the hands of the wrong person and can often be said in the workplace where power can lead to sexual harassment. Debbie Dougherty, an assistant professor of communication in the College of Arts and Science at the University of Missouri-Columbia, did an assessment based on opinions and perceptions of 23 participants. The study was focused around the question “why does sexual harassment occur?” and the most common answer that came up was “power.” One thing Debbie noticed was the fact that men and women had different opinions

Sexual harassment in the workplace is a huge problem in recent history. It can happen to anyone and it can happen everywhere. It can affect all types of races, gender and age. Statistics today shows that more and more sexual harassment has become an issue due to the large number of cases presented. Mainstream media becomes consume covering sexual harassment because of the high profile cases. Sexual harassment becomes a topic on various TV shows, and on some major morning radio talk shows mostly everyday. Sexual harassment laws must be strengthened in order to fix what has become a serious problem today in the workplace.

As seen in the case study, a court decision may be one way for any company to legally define what constitutes sexual harassment in the workplace, but there are many ways to define sexual harassment. Everyone has different views and tolerance levels towards sexual harassment. When a case of sexual harassment occurs in a workplace, however, it comes down to how the courts define sexual harassment. The Supreme Court defines sexual harassment to be unlawful in two ways. “The first type involves sexual harassment that results in a tangible employment action;” this is referred to as quid pro quo. For example, if an employee complies with the harasser’s request, then she will get a raise. This unlawful act is usually presented in the workplace by a person who has an upper hand, such as a manager, to ensure that s/he will get what s/he wants. Employees are often victimized by fear that they will not get promoted or that they will get fired. They also dread that if a complaint is filed, it will not be handled correctly. “This instance of sexual harassment always involves another violation of employee rights; [sic] wrongful termination.” This would occur, for instance, when “a supervisor . . . tells a subordinate that . . . she must be sexually cooperative with [him] or . . . she will be fired, and who then indeed does fire the subordinate for not submitting” (“U.S. Supreme Court Defines”). [schwinlaw.com]

Sexual harassment is discrimination that involves any uninvited comments, exploits, or behavior regarding sex, gender, or sexual orientation. If any type of violation is made by a co-worker, a boss, a work acquaintance, or even a non-employee such as a client, vendor, or contractor, this will be considered unlawful sexual harassment within the work environment. Sexual harassment can create a hostile and uneasy work environment. Sexual harassment includes inappropriate verbal advances, unwelcomed physical behavior that creates an aggressive, hostile, intimidating or malicious work environment for employees. Sexual harassment includes sending suggestive e-mails, notes, and