Sexual Harassment In A Hostile Workplace

Sexual harassment can occur in so many different ways physically and verbally. Anything that can make someone feel uncomfortable at work or like they are in a hostile work environment can be considered sexual harassment. The librarian felt that she was part of a hostile work environment due to the male supervisor and his verbal conduct including tasteless jokes and profanity as well as his physical conduct by him touching her and staring at her breast (Walsh, 2013). The librarian, although she complained to her immediate supervisor, did not file a formal complaint because she did not believe she was eligible to while she was on probation; this was a major mistake on her part. Although she did not file a report or make a formal allegation, there

A supervisor that worked inside the prison, but was not her supervisor, began sexually harassing her while she was at work. Unfortunately, Singleton felt that she could not file a formal complaint because she had not been employed that long and was still within her probationary period. Although this is untrue and she definitely could have filed a report, it hurt her in the end. At one point during her employment at the prison, the supervisor was “acting supervisor” over her for a very short period of time. The supervisor installed a camera in her office of the library. Although it is very normal to have cameras installed at any area in a prison, it is not normal to have the camera only able to view Singleton and not at any of the inmates or the library. If it was approved for this supervisor to add a camera, it should have been done by someone of the DCE department instead of by the “acting supervisor,” especially he is not with that department. To be honest, he over stepped the lines at this point. Another time he crossed the line was when he measured her skirt to make sure they were of regulation with the prison dress code. When Singleton did notify her immediate supervisor, it appeared to have just been pushed to the side and not taken seriously. The immediate supervisor did not do anything to assist Singleton or to even investigate into her allegations about the harassment or hostile work environment. In fact, the librarians immediate supervisor made comments insinuating that these actions are okay or no big deal by saying “boys will be boys.” According to her immediate supervisor, she did not report any direct reports or allegations of this circumstances therefore he thought nothing of it and wasn’t held liable for the situation at hand. Although