Read the Boston case study. Determine what type of sexual harassment this is. Wh

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Read the Boston case study. Determine what type of sexual harassment this is. What actions should be taken by the company to deal with the VP and the subordinate? What proactive measures should be put in place to mitigate risks for the company going forward?

Case Study #2 - Boston

In February 2016, the Vice President of Internal Audit for MBC, a multinational corporation headquartered in Boston was reviewing her notes regarding a sensitive case involving the Vice President of Customer Operations, who had been accused by an anonymous whistleblower of conducting a workplace affair with a subordinate. Further, it was alleged that he had unfairly promoted her and given her a 25% raise. Now the leadership team and the VP of HR was required to decide what action, if any, should be taken against the vice president and the junior manager.

Explanation / Answer

This is a QUID PRO QUO type of sexual harassment. Quid pro quo means one in exchange of other. In organisation, it involves someone in a superior position asking or hinting sexual favors (in this case the affair) from someone at a junior position in exchange of employment benefits (promotion and 25% raise).

Actions would be must in this scenario. Immediate action would be demotion if the subordinate to her previous job position and revoking the raise. The VPs authority can be reduced and he may even be suspended from work for a while. Transfer can also be used as a resort so as to avoid any repitition of such incident in the future by the VP.The subordinate can be made to work overtime to earn the raised salary she enjoyed in the past due to favortism.

To avoid any future event of Quid Pro Quo, the management must ecome proactive. All promotions and raise in inccome must be duly analysed whether they are performance based or mere favortism. Also there must be a free feedback system generated for employees to give feedback about their superiors and file in anonymous complaints of harassment situations if any so that immediate action can be taken.

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