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Sexual Harassment: Costco Wholesale, Inc.

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Sexual Harassment Sexual harassment in a workplace or professional setting is known as making of an unwanted sexual past or obscene remarks. Harassment normally occur to women in the workplace. Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination that violates Title VII Civil Rights Act of 1964 (U.S EEOC, 2017). There has been many lawsuits or court cases regarding sexual harassment in workplaces today. Some cases are hard to analyze because of the different type of harassment situations.
EEOC Wins Jury in Sexual Harassment Case against Costco In this article, it discusses a case about a company out of Glenview, Illinois called Costco Wholesale, Inc. There was a Costco employee that was being sexual harassed and stalked by a Costco customer on different occasions. The employee reported to her management about the customer’s unruly behavior but there was not any actions taking place. She was forced to get a restraining order against the customer (EEOC, 2016). After the former employee of Costco reported the incident that was taking place with the customer, they should have took proper actions in regards of their employee. According to EEOC because Costco did not follow the Title VII of the Civil Rights Acts of 1964, it made the workplace a hostile environment for the employee. The Title VII of the …show more content…

There are many ways and signs to recognize harassment. One of the major signs are if someone touches inappropriately. Quid Pro Quo sexual harassment is also common in a workplace. Quid Pro Quo is when a supervisor try to use their position to get the employee to do something they do not want to do (Walsh, 2015). It is important to report the first sign of harassment in a workplace. The Title VII Civil Rights Act of 1964 was designed to protect employees against acts of harassment and

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