BUS 670 Legal Environment week 6 DISCUSSION 1,WEEK 6 DISCUSSION 2, WEEK 6 FINIAL PAPER

Sexual Harassment-Paper Outline

Gloria Carter

BUS 670 Legal Environment
Instructor: Stacey Callaway

August 14,2017

1.Introduction

A. Description of a business situation that presents a legal and ethical issue.

I) sexual harassment

One of an ethical and legal issue that is found in the work place is sexual harassment. Sexual harassment is the sexual advances and sexual favour requests that are unwelcomed or other physical or verbal type of harassment that is of sexual nature. Sexual harassment has been declared an illegal act, especially for the workplace because the workers should be free from advances that are unwelcomed while they could cause someone to resign or the working environment could become very hostile. The workplace should not be jeopardized by sexual harassment because it is a person’s livelihood and one of the most dependant means of survival.

It is a very important thing to understand what sexual harassment constitutes and the consequences it must those who do it because it is a very vital issue that should not be tolerated by the employers. This outline will show how sexual harassment causes ethical concerns and the possible recommendations on how to reduce this liability and improve the ethical climates. The paper will mainly focus on theories that will help in analysis of the ethical issue and the laws that govern it for proper analysis.

2. Body Information

A. sexual harassment theories that could help in analysis

I). Virtue Ethical Theory

An example of an ethical theory that can allow sexual harassment to be analysed is the virtue ethical theory. Per the theory, the people who are accused of the crime are assumed to be those in higher leadership positions. These people are supposed to ensure that young female troops have been protected, and they should also take care of them. The virtue theory can be used in analysing this situation because of judgment by character and no the actions that someone does. Someone who is in a higher post cannot be put under sexual harassment accusations because they manifest themselves in good reputation while showing people the good side of what they have done.

II). The Rights Theory

This theory can also be used in analysing the business situation that will be caused by sexual harassment. This theory is used because it talks about all worker, either male or female should be protected, and they should also know their rights. Most the people, including the current colleagues tend to forget that the country guarantees them full rights as part of the personnel in the military, which is not what is required. Every employer has rights that govern their working condition while in the workplace, and there are agencies that have responsibilities in protecting these rights.

3. Areas of the law used in analysis

A. Civil Rights Act & Employment Age Discrimination Act

There as several areas of the laws that can be used in analysing this situation. The situation of law harassment is a vice that has been considered a form of employment discrimination, and therefore it directly violates the title of civil rights act in 1964, the disabilities act of 1990 in America and the discrimination of the employment age act of 1967. Per the equal employment commission opportunities, there is no physical touch in sexual harassment in all costs, but the act can also be performed by and not offensive jokes and limitation to slurs.

3. Conclusion

The two theories have points that arrive at the same conclusion that practicing sexual harassment is morally wrong and disregarding. In a clear way, employees should specifically support the points in the virtue ethics approach in solving and preventing sexual harassment. This is because it will undermine the relationship of employment integrity. Many employees have set their own code of ethics in the work place which is far beyond the guidelines of the court. The employers and employees have an importance of undergoing training programs to allow them to learn how to promote a conducive and non-hostile environment that does not violate the laws governing sexual harassment.

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