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.Who could be liable in this situation?
A)employer
B)employee
C)manager
D)employer and manager

Question

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The employer could be liable for not having a policy in place regarding employees' social use of communication technologies. The manager could also be liable for continuing to send inappropriate texts after the employee had requested him to stop. Both the employer and the manager could be held responsible for the negative impact on the employee, which ultimately led to her leaving the company.