[Debster]

Has anyone else seen today's (July 19th) CNN article that according to the California Supreme Court, a manager who has affairs with subordinates can create a work climate that constitutes sexual harassment even for uninvolved employees.

Do you agree?

[SoftDrink]

some people meet at work and that's how their relationships begin.

i do agree, however, that it should be kept private and out of the office. i do think it can potentially effect the climate of all employees--those who worry their work will be ignored, favouritism, fear of having to "perform" to get ahead, being bothered with gossip when work is supposed to be done,being asked to keep secrets, etc.

it does frighten me, though, how involved the government can get in personal affairs, but i guess sometimes it has to be done.

how orwellian...

[EnigmaXOXO]

Do you agree?

Yup.

Along with sexual harassment is also the potential for sexual favoritism. The corporate version of the 'casting couch.'

Doesn't belong in business.

[lindya]

Did the ruling state that the affair would, in itself, constitute harassment of other employees...or was the affair viewed as evidence of a workplace where sexual harassment might be more likely to flourish?

[LucreziaBorgia]

Well, having seen an office affair shake up an entire staff from the top on down (resulting in firings and mass exodus), I can understand and appreciate that ruling. I don't know about the sexual harassment part in this particular case I mentioned, but I do know it created a hostile work environment, big time.