A female boss asks a male subordinate to travel with her on a personal business

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A female boss asks a male subordinate to travel with her on a personal business trip. There appears to him to be no real business need for him to travel. In order to save money, the trip will require them to stay over on a Saturday night. He refuses because he feels it is inappropriate. On his next performance evaluation, he receives a much lower rating than he expected. Which type of sexual harassment is potentially relevant here, and why?

a. quid pro quo, because could be interpreted as implied pressure for sex, and rejection led to negative consequences

b. hostile work environment, because sexual conduct was explicitly made a condition of employment

c. quid pro quo, but this would not qualify because there was no explicit request for sexual conduct

d. hostile work environment, because there was no request for sex and it creates an offensive working environment

e. None of the above

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The correct option is (D) “hostile work environment, because there was no request for sex and it creates an offensive working environment”. As there was no request for sex but an intention from her side.

Hence, The correct option is “hostile work environment, because there was no request for sex and it creates an offensive working environment”.

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