Bad for Business : Sexual Harassment in the American Workplace, 1975-2017

• Autore: Colaianni Nicole S
• Pubblicazione: Berlin/Boston : , : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, , 2025; ©2025
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (284 pages)
• Disciplina: 331.41330973
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I Naming and Politicizing the Issue -- 1 Feminist and Social Conservative Action and Theory -- 1.1 Feminist and Social Conservative Activists -- 1.2 Feminist and Social Conservative Theoretical Frameworks -- 1.2.1 Problem or Triviality? -- 1.2.2 A Systemic Condition? -- 1.2.3 Gendered Behavior? -- 1.2.4 Colloquial Confusion -- 2 A New Adversary: Feminist Action Against Employers -- 2.1 Feminist Direct Action -- 2.1.1 Speak-Outs and Protests -- 2.1.2 Publicity and Media -- 2.1.3 Pamphlets and Counseling Services -- 2.2 Developing a Legal Strategy -- 2.2.1 Discrimination Based on Sex -- 2.2.2 Quid Pro Quo and Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment -- 2.2.3 Employer Liability -- 2.3 The EEOCʼs Sexual Harassment Guidelines, 1980 -- 3 Employers: Possible Feminist Allies? -- 3.1 Working Womenʼs Instituteʼs Change in Strategy -- 3.1.1 The Policy -- 3.1.2 Complaint Procedure -- 3.1.3 Prevention -- 3.2 The Federal Government as an Employer -- 3.3 Feminist Frame in Early Corporate Policies -- Part II Institutionalization and Professionalization, 1980-1998 -- 4 A Port-Of-Call: The Institutionalization of Complaint Procedures in Unions and the Federal Government -- 4.1 Union (In‑)‌Action on Sexual Harassment -- 4.2 The EEOC As First Point of Contact -- 4.3 The Judiciary: Litigation As an Avenue for Action. -- 5 Establishing a New Understanding of Sexual Harassment: The Management Framework -- 5.1 Two Professions, One Goal: Advising Employers on Compliance Strategies -- 5.2 Personnelsʼ New Understanding: The Management Frame -- 5.2.1 A New Economic Concern -- 5.2.2 Gender-Non-Specific Behavior -- 5.2.3 A Personal and Private Issue -- Part III Privatization -- 6 Judge, Jury, and Executioner: Keeping Complaints Internal -- 6.1 Legislative: Establishing Definitions. ; 6.2 Executive: Enforcing Policies -- 6.2.1 Grievance and Investigation Procedures -- 6.2.2 Employee Monitoring -- 6.3 Judicative: Deciding Upon Disciplinary Action -- 7 Forced Arbitration and Non-Disclosure Agreements -- 7.1 Strictly Voluntary Forms of ADR: Conciliation, Mediation, and Voluntary Arbitration -- 7.2 Pre-Dispute Arbitration Agreements -- 7.3 How Mandatory Arbitration and Non-Disclosure Agreements Shaped Sexual Harassment Definitions -- 8 Conclusion and Outlook: The #MeToo Movement - A Revival of the Feminist Frame? -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography -- Archival Material -- Court Rulings, Legal Statutes, Congressional Hearings -- Published Sources -- Secondary Literature -- List of Abbreviations -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Bad for Business examines the evolution of workplace sexual harassment from a feminist civil rights issue to a corporately managed concern over four decades of U.S.history.It analyzes the feminist, social conservative, and management frames that shaped public discourse, corporate policies, and legal rulings.
• Titolo autorizzato: Bad for Business
• ISBN: 9783112207321
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996691904203316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno