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Sing & Dance Case Study

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Jackie is the victim of sexual harassment in the case of Sing & Dance. She was forced to experience advances that were verbal in nature and continued even after she had requested that they stop. The potential opportunities and advancement status would be in jeopardy if she did not conform to the request and sexual advances that were being made. Her manager, Curtis, had contacts within the industry and also was the direct supervisor for Jackie’s advancement opportunities. These advancements did not directly relate to a gender specific decision, they were related to her acceptance of sexual advances from her manager. This conduct caused enough damage to the victim that she felt she was unable to perform her vocals and therefore unable to compete …show more content…

Jackie would be in a sitution of his word against hers since Curtis was careful to keep his advances hidden and under the radar and out of view. Jackie is further comprimised by being placed in the situation of reporting the offenses to an employee that was also in a relationship with the accused. This could be viewed as a conflict of interest that could place Leslie’s personal agenda and decision making above that of her business interest. This could be considered collusion and deceptive behavior that would actually help Leslie in her legal stance. However, reporting this behavior to the company and persuing any legal direction could impact her career and future in a negative way from both the allegations as well as the legal fall out.The risk of damaging her reputation within the music industry is a real threat. Also, her personal life would be impacted as she would incur the financial cost, potential job loss, as well as the damage to her reputation. Schneider, Swan, and Fitzgerald (1997) found that when sexual harassment occurs, the incident impacts the victims’ job satisfaction, health conditions, and psychological

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