Case Study Misplaced Affections EXAMPLE OF RLBRS WRITING STYLE
Running head: MISPLACED AFFECTIONS
Case Study: Misplaced Affections: Discharge for Sexual Harassment
Name:__________________
Our Lady of the Lake University
Human Resource Management
Dr. Hamid Khan, BSME, MSIE, MBA, EDD, PE
September 29, 2013
Reaction
My initial reaction to this case study is one of disbelief. I cannot believe an employee of eleven years would be terminated based on the events listed in the case study. In my opinion, Gilbury played a crucial role in the allegations as well. If she just wanted to be friends with Lewiston, why did she accept the roses? What kind of signals, body language was she sending when she would talk to Mr. Lewiston. If she believed he was a nice, lonely older man, she should have kept her distance from him and just acknowledge him when the occasion called for.
I believe Gilbury may have led him on and when she could not get rid of him, she got scared and decided to file a sexual harassment case against him. She may have confided in him by sharing personal information regarding her home life, joked with him and laughed with him. This may have cause Mr. Lewiston to feel “alive” again and he took it as “she likes me”. Of course this is just an assumption of mine given I don’t have all the facts. I’m just basing my assumption on the events listed in the case study.
In my opinion, Mr. Lewiston should not have been terminated. When I completed my reading, I was angered by the termination. I believe he should have been able to keep his job given the time he had already invested with the school district. If Gilbury was so bothered by Mr. Lewiston’s actions, why didn’t she approach her supervisor about Mr. Lewiston’s actions? Maybe a supervisor could have addressed the issue with Mr. Lewiston and verbally counseled him on what was going on. I still believe Gilbury had a bigger part in this case. I do not feel she is a victim in this case but rather the one who toyed with a lonely individual’s
Case Study: Misplaced Affections: Discharge for Sexual Harassment
Name:__________________
Our Lady of the Lake University
Human Resource Management
Dr. Hamid Khan, BSME, MSIE, MBA, EDD, PE
September 29, 2013
Reaction
My initial reaction to this case study is one of disbelief. I cannot believe an employee of eleven years would be terminated based on the events listed in the case study. In my opinion, Gilbury played a crucial role in the allegations as well. If she just wanted to be friends with Lewiston, why did she accept the roses? What kind of signals, body language was she sending when she would talk to Mr. Lewiston. If she believed he was a nice, lonely older man, she should have kept her distance from him and just acknowledge him when the occasion called for.
I believe Gilbury may have led him on and when she could not get rid of him, she got scared and decided to file a sexual harassment case against him. She may have confided in him by sharing personal information regarding her home life, joked with him and laughed with him. This may have cause Mr. Lewiston to feel “alive” again and he took it as “she likes me”. Of course this is just an assumption of mine given I don’t have all the facts. I’m just basing my assumption on the events listed in the case study.
In my opinion, Mr. Lewiston should not have been terminated. When I completed my reading, I was angered by the termination. I believe he should have been able to keep his job given the time he had already invested with the school district. If Gilbury was so bothered by Mr. Lewiston’s actions, why didn’t she approach her supervisor about Mr. Lewiston’s actions? Maybe a supervisor could have addressed the issue with Mr. Lewiston and verbally counseled him on what was going on. I still believe Gilbury had a bigger part in this case. I do not feel she is a victim in this case but rather the one who toyed with a lonely individual’s
References: Snell, S., & Bohlander, G. (2013). Managing Human Resources (16th ed.). Mason, OH: South-Western.