4.02 Sexual Harassment Critique career information in terms of reliability and compatibility to personal information.

Terms 1)Personal Career Profile – helps to organize career information with, personal information and career information (education and training is a vital part of this information) 2)Bachelors degree- 4 years of school 3)Nontraditional occupations - careers that were typical for one gender but not the other. 4)Myths/Stereotypes- an unfound belief or notion 5)Bias - to cause partiality or favoritism in (a person); influence, esp. unfairly 6)Small Business Administration (SBA) - a government agency that aids, counsels, and assist all the interest of small business

Terms 7)Entrepreneur - a person who organizes and manages a business; also a person who starts a business 8)Innovative - creating value out of new ideas, new products, new services or new ways of doing things 9)Entrepreneurship - the organization and management of a business 10)Capital - any money or equipment invested in running a business 11)Profit - the amount of money left from total business income after paying all expenses 12)Retail sales - clerk, sales persons, telemarketer, and repairer (clock/watch)

Terms 13)Sole Proprietorship - simplest form of business because it only requires one person 14)Partnership – a form of business organization involving two or more people; Johnson & Johnson, Ben & Jerry 15)Franchise - allows the entrepreneur to view a business with a proven track record, Buyer is often granted exclusivity (no one else could buy the same franchise in the same area) Fast Food Restaurants, Hotels and Motels, Carpet Cleaning Services, Muffler and Brake Shops 16)Corporation - Owned by many people in which they all have limited liability on the responsibility, profits and debts of the company

Terms 17)Sexual Harassment- Any unwelcome behavior of a sexual nature 18)Working conditions- refers to the working environment and to the non-pay aspects of an employee’s terms and conditions of employment 19)Salary- fixed compensation paid regularly for services

Sexual Harassment  What is it? –Any unwelcome behavior of a sexual nature

Types of Harassment  What are the types of sexual harassment? –Quid pro quo harassment  Occurs when one person makes unwelcome sexual advances toward another while promising certain benefits if the person complies –Hostile environment harassment  employees in a workplace are subject to a pattern of exposure to unwanted sexual behavior from persons other than an employee's direct supervisor where supervisors or managers take no steps to discourage or discontinue such behavior (allowing clients, suppliers, delivery persons, or even customers to persist in unwanted attention, such as asking for dates)

Recognizing sexual harassment 1.What Is the behavior sexual in nature? 2.Do other individuals view the behavior as sexual in nature? 3.Is the behavior unwelcome? 4.Is the behavior offensive? 5.Does the behavior interfere with work? 6.Does the harasser understand that the behavior is unwelcome?

Discouraging sexual harassment 1.Know the law and your company’s policy on sexual harassment. 2.Be businesslike in dress, language and behavior at all times. 3.Make the harasser know that you want the behavior stopped.

Taking action against sexual harassment 1.Tell the harasser to stop! 2.Keep detailed written records. 3.Report the offense to your supervisor unless your supervisor is the harasser. If your supervisor is the harasser, report the incident to his/her supervisor.