Harassment at Brademore Electric
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This case poses the question of sexual harassment. To answer this question we must first understand what sexual harassment is. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 defines sexual harassment as: "Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitutes sexual harassment when submission to or rejection of this conduct explicitly or implicitly affects an individual's employment, unreasonably interferes with an individual's work performance or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment." The key to this definition is the fact that it is the individual that claims harassment determines whether the situation is harassing.
In the Brademore Electric case, Keith's actions, on their face, clearly violated Title VII, but is that enough? Courts have clearly defined that the harasser's actions must be unwelcome. In this case Maura never made it clear that Keith was making her uncomfortable, in fact, she went out with him on one occasion and indicated she was currently dating two different guys already. The latter could indicate that she was actively seeking companionship and Keith wanted to compete for her attention. Her strongest objection was that she didn't see any future with Keith and he may have felt given some time alone she would get to know him and gain a new found respect for his talents.
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