Analysis Of Marcel Aubut Harassment

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The article, Majority of COC staff exposed to Marcel Aubut harassment, discusses the experienced or saw sexual and personal harassment of COC staff members by Marcel Aubut, the former Canadian Olympic president. Both the experience and witness occurred within and outside the company’s doors, as well as among non-COC members while Aubut acted as a representative for the company. The Olympic Committee’s management was aware of these inhuman acts since 2008 but failed to be responsive. The company received many complaints from employees as well as other organization like VANOC about Aubut, but the company ignored the matters. Along with an apology for tardiness, COC’s president, Tricia Smith, promised to implement eight recommendations to allow …show more content…

The topic of sexual and personal harassment is held very close to my heart because both my mother and aunt had gotten harassed when they first came to Canada. Arriving here in the early 80’s they had both gotten a below satisfactory job where they were not treated with respect nor humanity. Not only new to Canada, the community and the social environment but they were new to the job force; they were seen as an easy target because they did not know nor understand their laws and rights as a worker in Canada. Men would force themselves on them and would constantly call at late hours of the night disturbing their sleep and their lives. To this day I do get angry at the lack of human resources that existed in that time period. When I apply for a job I would do a bit of research to ensure myself that I know exactly what I am getting myself into. With doing so, I would remind myself of the rights that I have as a working Canadian; also it helps me get a well understanding about the benefits I have thus knowing how to deal with situations. Due to these reason I personally found this article extremely appealing to me. When I skimmed the article for the first time it instantly grasped my interest as I was able to make a connection to it and for this simple reason I knew I had to utilize it for this

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