Scenario 2.1: Workplace Relationships
Ms.Aslani,a young woman who immigrated from Tehran,had a past relationship with her senior manager,Mr.McKinnon.She held a low paying administrative support position with a local private manufacturing company.During the relationship,they would frequently text each other with sexual messages.The relationship ended after two months,but the texting by Mr.McKinnon continued.The employee both verbally and by text said that the texting made her uncomfortable and requested that the senior manager stop texting.The texts did not stop,and Ms.Aslani became stressed and took a leave of absence.After several months,when the texting continued despite the employee's threats to contact the police,Ms.Aslani left the company.The company did not have a policy on employees' social use of communication technologies while at work.
-Please refer to Scenario 2.1.How would you best define sexual harassment to the employees and managers at this company?
A)any employment practice,that is sexual in nature,that has a negative effect on employees
B)the duty of an employer to put in place policies that prevent discriminatory practices that are sexual in nature
C)the denial of opportunity to a person or class of people based on family status,marital status,sex or sexual orientation
D)any unwelcome conduct or consequences,that are sexual in nature,that may detrimentally affect the work environment

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Sexual harassment is defined as any unwelcome conduct or consequences, that are sexual in nature, that may detrimentally affect the work environment. In this scenario, Mr. McKinnon's continued texting despite Ms. Aslani's requests to stop caused her stress and negatively affected her work environment.