week 2 phone conversation

i just talked with Rebeka about sexual harassment in the work place. i played the role of the human resource manager and she played the role of the employee. we discussed the different types of harassment and what would be the outcome. we decided if a female employee felt uncomfortable with the way a male employee was talking with her that she would approach the HRM. depending on what was said i would then (as a HRM) confront the male employee and see what he has to say about the situation. Unless something very specific and inappropriate was said from the male to the female then a verbal warning would be given with the instructions to steer clear of each other. If something specific was said then that would be a situation for a "write up" or documentation of the event. If anything further were to occur from the males end then that would be grounds for termination. If there were multiple subjects being harassed then that also would be a quick write up or termination. We agreed if there were any type of inappropriate physical contact then that would not be tolerated and would be grounds for termination. we also explored in the event of a mutual flirtation that went sour, that we would get both sides of the story and depending on what happened would tell the employees to stay away from each other. in today's world both male and female employees understand the difference between right and wrong. i would hope that if there was some uncomfortable feeling between the two that it may be resolved with a simple respectful comment, and would hope that nothing ever happened again. but in some situations it does go way to far and action from HRM/ company managers should be taken.