Question

CASE

A complaint of sexual harassment by a part-time worker in a hardware business was upheld when the Tribunal found that the employer had failed to take sufficient action in relation to the employee's report of inappropriate behavior. The alleged sexual harassment included kissing, touching her breasts and leg, persistent requests to have a drink outside work hours despite an ongoing refusal, asking for cuddles, telephoning her at home and making repeated unsolicited sexual remarks.

QUESTION

Based on any four ethical theories, explain how these acts constitute unethical behaviors at the workplace.

Answer 1

Answer -

I m answering this question on the basis of Deontology(ethical theories) :-

As per Deontology, every person should be aware of their duties and obligation and they are bound to follow that. They become more responsible towards their duty when they are at decision making position. In the above case, the female worker had several time reported the issue of sexual harassment to her employer but the employer was failed to take any strict action against the culprit employee. According to Deontology, both the employer and employee(culprit) has shown unethical behavior at work place. The culprit employee is not supposed to touch or kiss a girl without her permission, despite that he was continuously doing this shows that he has violated ethical as well legal norms. It's ethically as well as legally wrong. Similarly, the employer who was at position of taking action didn't help the girl, which is equally wrong and depicts unethical behavior.

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