Case Study Seven

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Jennifer enjoys sharing the latest jokes, images, and memes she finds online with her coworker Rose. Today Jennifer showed Rose a sexually explicit meme on her smartphone that she found very offensive. Rose told Jennifer that it was inappropriate for the workplace, but Jennifer continued to show the meme to her and other employees throughout the workday.

Is this harassment?

The correct answer is yes

The correct answer is yes

When Rose told Jennifer that she found the meme to be inappropriate, she should have stopped showing it to her and other employees. The incident should be reported to a supervisor or HR immediately. The best option for employees is to keep sexually explicit materials such as screensavers, posters, pictures, cards, magazines, clothing, figurines, toys, video games and electronic communications out of the work environment.
The next thing to review is exactly what we mean by the work environment.