Someday you may be harassed
There are employment occasions when employees have been fired or did not receive full employment opportunity in a job because someone doesn’t like or is uncomfortable with another person’s race, sex, religion, creed, national origin, age, or handicapping condition. In workplaces, at times, co-workers harass others, or try to convert other employees to their point of view. There are incidences where supervisors have extended better treatment and job opportunities to employees who share their faith than to those employees of another religion. And, at times, employees find that they are accused of exerting harassing behavior.
If any of the above ever happens to you, then you will be faced with a difficult set of questions. What do you want? Do you just want the harassment to stop? Do you want the harasser(s) disciplined? Do you want the harasser transferred from your department? If you were fired, do you want your job back?
In most cases people who are being harassed just want the harassment to stop. Several studies have indicated that people who have been harassed often quit or transfer out of the offensive work environment. However, there are times when the victim of harassment demands additional remedies. There are several things you would need to determine before making that decision as an individual being harassed or that the University would need to know when in the center of a harassment complaint.
