05.21.09
Sexual Harassment…Bullying…Verbal and Emotional Abuse…I’m conducting a national survey. If you’re from New York, Los Angeles, Witchita, or other beautiful parts of the country, take a minute and think about someone you know who was harassed at work. Maybe it was you. It could be from a current or former work experience. Why do you think the company didn’t respond? Is it bad management? Poor company policies? Weak corporate values? Or was the harasser innocent? We’re trying to find out.
I’ve received e-mails from several women and there are many reasons out there. I’ve worked in business for 28 years and I’ve heard lots of excuses, and justifications for alleged misconduct. Some companies have poor policies, others don’t take harassment very seriously. In some cases the alleged harasser was innocent. In other cases, the victim didn’t want to lose her job so she didn’t press charges. There are lots of reasons, so we’re trying to build a spread sheet containing as much data as we can collect from our readers. If you saw something, know something, or have some information related to harassment and can help us fill in the blanks, please send us your comments.
Please take a few minutes to think up a few of the primary reasons why nothing (or something) is done to stop such misconduct and simply log your thoughts in the comments section. I’ll provide a report as soon as we get some feedback. We’ll be promoting this survey on Twitter, ehow, and on this site. If we get enough input, we’d like to forward the results to our legislators and use this data to help evaluate how effective our current laws are in enforcing anti-harassment policies at work.
Your comments may focus on sexual harassment, bullying, or any other forms of workplace injustice. Thanks for your input.
