Module 1 – Case
DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT AND THE LAW
Case Assignment
For your first assignment in this Module, you will be considering sexual harassment in the workplace, a topic which has garnered a great deal of attention recently. You are a newly assigned top HRM professional in your organization and you wish to review your organization’s sexual harassment policies and training. Review the required readings in the background material and then prepare a memo to yourself that covers the following points:
Identify and explain the key legal concepts in sexual harassment in the workplace from the perception of a person of a gender other than your own, putting yourself in the victims’ shoes.
Discuss aspects of recent developments in sexual harassment that are relevant to how your own organization addresses sexual harassment in the workplace.
Finally, identify and explain what you consider future developments in this topic will be and how your organization’s policies and training concerning sexual harassment will need to be adapted.
Assignment Expectations
Bring in at least two valid and reliable high-quality peer-reviewed sources found in the Trident Online Library. These two high-quality sources are in addition to your provided course materials. (Be sure to cite sources within the text of your paper as well as list each in the Reference section.)
Your memo should be 3 to 4 pages in length (not counting title and reference page) and should be submitted by the module due date.
The criteria found in the grading rubric for this assignment:
Meets assignment requirements
Critical thinking
Writing and assignment organization
Use of sources and mechanics
Timeliness of assignment
