Sexual harassment is another interpersonal communication topic that occurs in the workplace. Although sexual harassment violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and as amended by the Civil Rights Act of 1991, it is still a reality in all workplaces, which is why it is something everyone should have the ability to identify, understand , and respond effectively. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission defines sexual harassment as follows: Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitute sexual harassment when such 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. Sexual harassment can occur between any two individuals: any gender towards any gender, any business, school, social meeting place, religious and political organization, authority to subordinate, subordinate to authority. DeVito's text separates this definition...
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