From the course: Preventing Harassment in the Workplace

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Defining harassment

Defining harassment

From the course: Preventing Harassment in the Workplace

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Defining harassment

- Not long ago, I had lunch with a colleague. As we were walking toward our cars, he was telling me that he and his wife had been looking at homes lately and was commenting that they'd seen some pretty weird things. He shared an example of one home that had a bar right in the entryway. I joked that his wife could open the door to let guests in at dinner parties and he could be standing there taking drink orders like a bartender. Then he joked that he'd be wearing nothing but an apron. Now, his comment isn't harassment and it didn't violate any laws. So why am I bringing it up in a movie entitled Defining Harassment? Because we need to redefine harassment as behaviors on a spectrum instead of keeping harassment in its little box of legalese if we're going to take strides against preventing it. On the left side of the spectrum is inappropriate behaviors. This is unwelcome, low-intensity behavior that displays a lack of regard for the other person and that violates mutual respect. It can…

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