Prevention by Supervisors
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You might think that you are doing an employee a favor by treating him or her differently from other employees. But it's crucial that you treat all employees basically the same.
Think about the following situations.
- Mark whether you think each treatment is fair or unfair.
- Click on "analyze" to see if you missed any unfair situations.
- Then click on the "consequences" links to see what possible workplace harassment problems might arise in any unfair situations.
| Unfair? | Situation: | Click to go to consequences. |
 John supervises a group of men and women who do training. Whenever any of the female trainers
has to take a lot of materials and equipment to another location for a training session, John asks the
men to handle the equipment. In asking the men to help out, John always says something like, "Let's not make the ladies carry this heavy stuff."
The women have never asked for help, but do not refuse it, and the men have not complained. |
Possible Consequences | |
 Alejandro supervises several employees. He and several of his employees are Hispanic, but they also speak English.
Alejandro and the other Hispanic workers eat
lunch together daily, talking and joking. And during the workday, they often begin talking in rapid Spanish when they are joking around
or talking about their families or girlfriends. Several times, William, the one non-Hispanic employee has complained to Alejandro
that he never heard some news related to shifts and assignments. Alejandro jokingly tells William to
"pay closer attention!" |
Possible Consequences | |
 Maggie supervises a group of men and women. On Friday, casual day, the men generally wear nice jeans and golf shirts, but the women are
not allowed to wear jeans. Maggie has told the women that it is even more important for the women to dress "a little better" than the men at all times
to get ahead. She says, "It's a man's world, so we need to work harder and dress better to get ahead!" The women do not like this unbalanced dress code. |
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