Harvard Business

MAY 31, 2017

Our research began with a simple question: If 98% of organizations in the United States have a sexual harassment policy, why does sexual harassment continue to be such a persistent and devastating problem in the American workplace?

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 11, 2017

If the topic of sexual harassment hasn’t come up in your office – either on Slack, in conversations over lunch, or by the watercooler — I’d be surprised. You may be — understandably — nervous about how to handle the subject if (when) it comes up. Jorg Greuel/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 13, 2018

We are reckoning with difficult and emotional issues in our society — sexual harassment, racism, and deep political divides — that don’t get checked at the door. For many people, topics involving politics or social issues have been considered taboo at work. How do you handle them? What if you sound stupid?

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Harvard Business

MAY 5, 2017

To avoid tarnishing his reputation by either falling prey to sexual temptation or inviting gossip about impropriety. At the heart of it, policies curbing contact between men and women at work serve to perpetuate the notions that women are toxic temptresses, who want to either seduce powerful men or falsely accuse them of sexual harassment.

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