Thesis (M. Sc.)--University of Canterbury, 2009. / Typescript (photocopy). Includes bibliographical references (leaves 49-55). Also available via the World Wide Web.

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Sexual harassment in workplace policies and legal procedures, which are strongly affected by the patriarchy that exists in the legal system, mistreat millions of victims annually. Through the implementation of the WPR Analysis on the Code of Conduct in Public Services on preventing […] sexual harassment in the workplace of the Republic of Cyprus and on C. v. Romania ECtHR case (application no. 47358/20), this thesis aims to present the problems representations, the taken-for-granted knowledge, the stereotypes and the origins of the patriarchal-biased labour policies and legal procedures concerning sexual harassment in the workplace. Along with the use of the legal feminist theory, this thesis presents that in these procedures the problems are represented to be the lack of training among employees and the victims’ behaviors. This results in the marginalization and mistreatment of the victims (women, trans, non-binary, homosexuals, even men) by these patriarchal affected procedures while it is illustrated how gender and sexual orientation are determinative to these male-biased procedures.

Thesis (LLM. (Labour Law)) -- University of Limpopo, 2022 / Sexual harassment remains an issue in the workplace as result of ineffective legislative and other measures that fail to recognise sexual harassment as a form of discrimination that is gender orientated. Gender inequality is credited as one of the contributors of sexual harassment, as more women than men suffer sexual harassment in the workplace. Moreover, sexual harassment has adverse effects on the individual who is on the receiving end of it, which are psychological in nature. This alone may lead to the abuse of substances as a form of coping mechanism, to arriving late to work or quitting which also affects productivity. In an attempt to confront the issue of sexual harassment, laws were created over the years, both at national and international level. Although some countries show efficiency in the creation of these laws by responding with urgency, some countries have had a more difficult time formulating appropriate and effective laws, with some countries having very little laws aimed at combatting sexual harassment in the workplace. At the same time workplace sexual harassment policies have proven to be an effective weapon against the gendered inequality that is sexual harassment if implemented effectively.

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A few months after having enacted a criminal statute creating the general offence of sexual harassment, the French Parliament enacted the Statute n° 92-1179 "relative a l'abus d'autorite en matiere sexuelle dans les relations de travail". In this statute, as in the criminal statute, the French legislator considers sexual harassment in a peculiar way, and departs from the North-American position on three points: / First, while American law and Canadian law understand clearly sexual harassment as a form of sex discrimination, the French approach is more ambiguous. It appears that the French legislator understands sexual harassment more as an infringement to freedom than a form of sex discrimination. / Second, the French legislator has defined sexual harassment in a more restrictive way than in North America. While American law and Canadian law prohibit hostile harassment and sexual harassment by colleagues, these forms of sexual harassment are not prohibited in French law. Finally, on the question of the employer's liability, the French approach is more "timid" than in American law and in Canadian law. / The French legislator has justified its more restrictive approach to the problem of sexual harassment in comparison with the North-American position by two arguments: the fear of the "American 'drift'" and the peculiarity of the relationships between women and men in France. However, it is argued that the choice of the French legislator is not convenient because it leaves a significant number of victims outside the scope of the law, and is not clear enough on the employer's obligations. Furthermore, it is maintained that both arguments of the legislator are more caricatural than real.

This thesis is a rhetorical analysis of sexual harassment codes on college and university campuses. The situational model proposed by Lloyd Bitzer is used to examine representative artifacts from Rice University in Houston, Texas, and Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon, so as to determine whether they operate as "fitting" rhetorical responses to the situation generally and the exigence of sexual harassment specifically. The body of this analysis develops in eight stages: an introductory discussion of sexual harassment and research conducted thereon; examination of codes as ethical and situational constructs; explication of the rhetorical framework; the nature of the exigence as a historical and campus-specific imperfection; examination of the publics that create the rhetorical audience; the inartistic and artistic constraints operative within the rhetorical situation; an analysis of the two codes; and summary comments and recommendations. Within the last two sections the determinations are made that: 1) the codes do not currently function as a "fitting" response to the situation/exigence, and that 2) revisions can be made so as to promote a more pragmatic and "fitting" response to sexual harassment. / Graduation date: 1997

Thesis (doctoral)--Université de Genève. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-383).

Syfte: Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka hur organisationer kan upphäva den tystnadskultur som förekommer vid sexuella trakasserier på arbetsplatsen. Därefter undersöka vilka risker som följer ett avslöjande. Teori: I den teoretiska referensramen presenteras centrala begrepp och tidigare forskning. De introducerade teorierna behandlar tystnadskulturen och sexuella trakasserier utifrån ett organisatorisk perspektiv.    Metod: Studien tillämpar en kvalitativ metodansats genom utförandet av semi-strukturerade intervjuer med personer som blivit utsatt för sexuella trakasserier på arbetsplatsen. Slutsats: Undersökningen konstaterar att det är i intresse för organisationen, arbetstagaren och samhället att avslöja missförhållanden för att att bekämpa det genom att motverka tystnadskulturen. Det finns åtgärder att vidta för att minska tystnadskultur med hjälp av arbetsmiljöenkäter, konstruerat skydd för visselblåsare och uppbyggnaden av förtroende. / Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate how organizations can abolish theculture of silence that occurs in sexual harassment in the workplace. Then examine the risksthat follow a potential disclosure. Theory: The theoretical frame of reference presents key concepts and previous research. Theintroduced theories deal with the culture of silence and sexual harassment from anorganizational perspective. Method: The study applies a qualitative method through the execution of semi-structuredinterviews with people who have been experienced to sexual harassment in the workplace. Conclusion: The survey finds that it is in the interest of the organization, the employee andsociety to expose malpractice in order to combat it, by counteracting the culture of silence.There are measures to be taken to reduce the culture of silence, with the help ofwork-environment surveys, make a strong protection for whistleblowers and build trust.

Sexual harassment is considered a societal problem today. It is indispensable that both societyand organizations start to acknowledge and work more preventively in order to reduce sexualharassment. Organizational culture significantly impacts the way sexual harassment isperceived in the workplace. The purpose of this qualitative study is to gain a deeperunderstanding of and describe how organizations can prevent sexual harassment.Furthermore, it aims to better understand why vulnerable employees do not report sexualharassment, and how organizations can counteract the culture of silence and therebyencourage reporting. This research is based on the case study of an anonymous maledominatedorganization and is limited to one of its departments. The data material has beencollected through semi-structured interviews with the department manager, the HRrepresentative, one supervisor and nine vulnerable employees. The study revealed severalfactors that are decisive for the organization's work against sexual harassment, such as ahealthy organizational culture, a zero tolerance that is complied with and permeates all levelsof the organizational hierarchy, preventive work with an open dialogue regarding thephenomenon and continuous training. / Idag betraktas sexuella trakasserier som ett samhällsproblem. Det är nödvändigt att bådesamhället och organisationen börjar resonera och arbeta mer förebyggande för att sexuellatrakasserier ska minska. På arbetsplatser har organisationskulturen en avgörande faktor omoch hur sexuella trakasserier uppfattas. Syftet med denna kvalitativa studie är att få en djupareförståelse och beskriva hur organisationer kan förebygga sexuella trakasserier. Vidare önskasfå en ökad förståelse varför utsatta medarbetare inte anmäler sexuella trakasserier, hurorganisationer kan motverka tystnadskulturen och därmed främja anmälningar. Studienkommer att ske utifrån en fallstudie av en anonymiserad organisation som är mansdominerad.Studien är avgränsad till en lageravdelning inom organisationen. Datamaterialet har samlats ingenom semistrukturerade intervjuer med en avdelningschef, en HR-representant, enarbetsledare samt nio kvinnliga utsatta medarbetare. Enligt studiens utfall föreligger det ettflertal faktorer som är avgörande för organisationens arbete mot sexuella trakasserier; såsomen sund organisationskultur, en nolltolerans som dessutom efterlevs och genomsyrar allahierarkier inom organisationen, ett förebyggande arbete med en öppen dialog angåendefenomenet samt kontinuerlig utbildning.