Do you think that highly influential people gain power? In other words‚ are influence and power related? Yes‚ we think influence and power are related. Identification occurs when people accept the direction or influence of others because they identify with the power holders and seek to maintain relationships with them—not because they value or even agree with what they have been asked to do. French and Raven’s concept of referent power is based on the same sort of personal attractiveness as is
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Sundowner Offshore Services‚ Inc.‚ Joseph Oncale was the victim of repeated harassment‚ sexual‚ physical and mental‚ from at least three members of the work crew‚ of which two had a supervisory position over him. When Oncale brought his complaints to the supervisors‚ they took no noticeable actions against the harassers and‚ after he had experienced enough harassment‚ Oncale quit his position. When Oncale filed the sexual harassment complaint against Sundowner‚ the district court‚ relying on the precedent
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Consensual Relationship Agreements By: Vickie Gonzalez Bus 520 – Leadership and Organizational Behavior Professor: Dr. Marilyn Carroll October 24th‚ 2012 Workplace romances are now one of the challenges that organizations of all sizes have to address. How they address them varies from organization to organization. Some businesses and organizations strictly prohibit them in any form or fashion‚ while others prohibit them when the participants are in certain roles within the organization.
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Corrosion of the Soul Sexual child abuse kills the spirt of any child and distorts their thinking. I know first hand; I’m the daughter of a molested victim. Even though I was never molested myself‚ I know the impact it has had on my mother‚ and that effected me. How can one be a parent when their own parents did such a heinous things to them? How can one try to get over the fact that they lost their innocence when they were just under ten years old? How does an adult act when they were molested
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Sexual Exploitation of Children As the use of Internet increases‚ questions are being brought up on how sex offenders‚ using the Internet‚ are committing crimes such as child sexual exploitation. “Child sexual exploitation can involve the following: Possession‚ manufacture and distribution of child pornography; online enticement of children for sexual acts; child prostitution; child sex tourism and; child sexual molestation” (Phillips‚ 2011‚ p.1). There are a number of ways of sexual offenders
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See Chapter 3 - Equal Employment Opportunity and Human Resources Management: Case Study 2: Misplaced Affections: Discharge for Sexual Harassment Peter Lewiston was terminated on July 15‚ 2008‚ by the governing board of the Pine Circle Unified School District (PCUSD) for violation of the district’s sexual harassment policy. Prior to Lewiston’s termination he was a senior maintenance employee with an above-average work record who had worked for the PCUSD for eleven years. He had been a widower since
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Among issues of campus safety‚ sexual assault has become a big problem. This issue of sexual assault has recently gained more media attention as prevalence rate and statistics have risen and politicians have started to address the disconnect between victims and school administrators. Statistics for sexual assault on college campuses are surprising‚ but most incidents go unreported for various reasons. Last month‚ President Obama launched his “It’s On Us” campaign in order to shed light on this problem
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discussing is sexual harassment in the workplace. Sexual harassment means any unwelcome sexual advances‚ request for sexual favors‚ or other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature. Sexually harassing conduct includes‚ but is not limited to verbal conduct such as suggestive or offensive comments‚ lewd remarks‚ or sexual propositions. Sexual harassment also includes non-verbal conduct such as derogatory or pornographic displays‚ or sexual gestures. Today‚ the problem of sexual harassment in the
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Internet Sexual Addiction It seems that the Internet has become an ever-growing part in numerous areas of the everyday lives of people. One area that is worthy of further study involves sexual addiction and how it is related with too much use of the Internet. Some scholars allege that sociopaths are starting to emerge online and it has been dubbed as “technological addictions”. This article looks at Internet addiction with respect to excessive sexual behavior. It includes discussions of the notion
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| Case Study 1 | Memo To: Abbe Siver From: Nihad Polimac Date: 9/22/2011 Re: Misplaced Affections Situations: In the case of “Misplaced Affections” sexual harassment occurred by creating a hostile environment for Mrs. Beverly Gilbury by Mr. Peter Lewiston. Lewiston started changing during the 2007-2008 school year. Lewiston created this hostile environment by paying more attention to Mrs. Gilbury and participating in visiting her classroom more often‚ writing Mrs. Gilbury letters and sending
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