Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

Sexual Harassment Abstract Sexual harassment in the workplaces has adverse consequences on organizations as well as on victims. Sexual harassment interferes with workers performance. It creates hostile and offensive work environment thereby reducing victims productivity. Similarly, when an employee is sexually harassed in a firm and such a behavior is discovered, both perpetrators of the acts and an organization are usually held liable for damages caused to the victims. In addition, sexual harassment damages organizations reputation. This paper examines the definition and forms of sexual harassments, negative impacts of sexual harassment on organizations and measures that organizations can put in place to eliminate it.