Reference no: EM133465675

Sexual Harassment and civil Rights Act of 1991

Questions

1. Betty likes to tickle Jack and call him "Sweet Baby Cakes". This is done in front of Jane, who strongly objects to that action and told them about it. Is this sexual harassment?

2. Revise the following story that leads to an answer that is the opposite of your answer in Q1 above.

Betty likes to tickle Jack and call him "Sweet Baby Cakes". This is done in front of Jane, who strongly objects to that action. Is this sexual harassment?

3. Bill is a manager who is oblivious to what is happening in his department. Two employees in the department have problems. Shane has been harassing Jane in the hallway for the last two weeks. Ethel has noticed these activities and is angry at Shane. On several occasions, Shane has made inappropriate gestures towards Jane in front of Bill. A lawsuit was filed. On what grounds can Bill's company be sued?

4. What would you do as a department chair if you found out that a male professor in the department was casually dating a female student in his class?

5. What would you do as a department chair if a female student complained about a lower grade from a professor who has made inappropriate advances after a few casual dates with the student?

6. Provide two examples of jobs that might require a practicing Catholic to work in a Catholic university.

7. Provide one example of a job that might NOT require a practicing Catholic to work in a Catholic university

8. Name an effective and ethical way to get a modeling job that would be illegal with most other jobs?

9. Benny knows Spanish because he took several Spanish classes in college. He started speaking in Spanish when he first met a job recruiter. The recruiter believed he was from Mexico and decided not to hire him. What must Benny initially prove in front of the EEOC based on the McDonnell Douglas versus Green case?