The text discussed the case of Burlington Industries,Inc.v.Ellerth,where the U.S.Supreme Court addressed workplace harassment and defined two ways an employer may be liable for torts of its employees while acting outside the scope of employment.Which of the following is one of those ways?
A)The employer had bad hiring practices.
B)The employer knew or should have known of the employee's harm and failed to stop it.
C)The employer failed to monitor its employees.
D)The employer outsourced its human resources overseas and failed to follow traditional U.S.human resources procedures.
E)The employer failed to conduct a semi-annual training on appropriate workplace behavior.

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A)The first way an employer can be held liable is if an employer knew or should have known about the harassment and failed to stop it.The second way an employer can be held liable if the employee committing the harassment appeared to be speaking or acting on behalf of the employer and there was reliance on the apparent authority,or an employee was aided in accomplishing the tort through an agency relation with a second employee.
B)The first way an employer can be held liable is if an employer knew or should have known about the harassment and failed to stop it.The second way an employer can be held liable if the employee committing the harassment appeared to be speaking or acting on behalf of the employer and there was reliance on the apparent authority,or an employee was aided in accomplishing the tort through an agency relation with a second employee.
C)The first way an employer can be held liable is if an employer knew or should have known about the harassment and failed to stop it.The second way an employer can be held liable if the employee committing the harassment appeared to be speaking or acting on behalf of the employer and there was reliance on the apparent authority,or an employee was aided in accomplishing the tort through an agency relation with a second employee.
D)The first way an employer can be held liable is if an employer knew or should have known about the harassment and failed to stop it.The second way an employer can be held liable if the employee committing the harassment appeared to be speaking or acting on behalf of the employer and there was reliance on the apparent authority,or an employee was aided in accomplishing the tort through an agency relation with a second employee.
E)The first way an employer can be held liable is if an employer knew or should have known about the harassment and failed to stop it.The second way an employer can be held liable if the employee committing the harassment appeared to be speaking or acting on behalf of the employer and there was reliance on the apparent authority,or an employee was aided in accomplishing the tort through an agency relation with a second employee.

The Text Discussed the Case of Burlington Industries,Inc