From the beginning, the entire movie is about workplace harassment. "Harassment is unwelcome conduct based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability, or genetic information." A lot of the events in this movie were unprofessional. The boss was leading by example, and harassing his secretary. I will add a side note that the secretary was not dressed pretty appropriately for the job, but that doesn't mean that there was any reason she should have been treated that way.
" Managers must understand what sexual harassment is, how to prevent it, and how to respond when it is reported." The floor manager wasn't effective when it came to handling harassment. She was an alcoholic and she didn't talk to her employees appropriately. She was rude to them, and when she heard the rumors on the floor, she didn't stop them. There were rumors about the boss too, and these weren't ever stopped in fact the floor manager instigated them. Not to mention she eventually went on to plot against her boss and act inappropriately.
Going back to how the boss acted, he referred to his employees as " my girls". That is not in the least way professional. He also deceived his secretary into going on a business trip that was actually not a business trip at all. "From the Latin phrase meaning “this for that,” quid pro quoharassment occurs when one person asks for either expressly or implied sexual favors from another person as a condition of that person’s employment or advancement or to prevent a tangible employment detriment." He kept all of his employees in a position where they felt like they owed him anything he asked for, in order to keep their job.
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