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Words:0 Path: p QUESTION S You are a surgical technologist in a large hospital. Whenever you work with a certain surgeon, she tells off-color jokes to you and your coworkers and makes suggestive comments to workers of the opposite sex. One coworker tells you that he might quit his job because he is married, and the surgeon's behavior makes him so uncomfortable that he dreads coming to work. 1. Is the surgeon's behavior illegal or simply in bad taste? Explain your answer. 2. Do you or your coworkers in the above scenario have grounds for a sexual harassment complaint? Explain your answer. 3. If you have determined that you do have a complaint, how would you proceed? 4. Would you have a different opinion if this happened in a medical office setting with a physician and/or other employee making the off-color jokes or suggestive comments? Explain your opinion. 5, Do you feel the #MeToo movement will impact scenarios such as the above? Why?

Answer 1

1. Yes, the surgeons behaviour is illegal because she is using off colour jokes with her coworkers and making comments to workers of the opposite sex which is disheartening and disturbing for them .

2. Yes ,I and my coworkers have grounds for a sexual harrassment complaint because talking in such a way is prohibited according to the organization's policy . And raising a complaint against this harrassment is the policy .

3. If I have determined that I have a complaint , then I will write a written complaint about sexual harrassment and submit it to the concerned department who deals with the complaints related to sexual harrassment .

4. No, I will not have a different opinion if this happened in a medical office setting with physician or other employee making the off colour jokes or suggestive comments because rules and regulations are same for everyone even if it is a physician .