Extra credit #2 on sexual predation

During this conference, the speaker talked about the topic of sexual predators, and what I thought was striking is that sexual predation is actually way more common than we usually believe, and this was proven by the fact that we could cite events where sexual predators were involved pretty fast. They include Michigan State, Fox News, NPR, The New York City Police, The University of Southern California, Uber, Google, the Harvey Weinstein case, and even the US Navy, and I have to say that I did not know about most of them. I don't know whether it is because I am not American or because these events tend to be hidden not to deteriorate the brand image of the different institutions that were involved.

The speaker, later on, gave us a legal definition of sexual harassment, and this can be divided into three parts: one is Quid pro quo, second is a hostile workplace, and third is the fact that a third person is usually involved. People being harassed sexually suffer from different health outcomes, that include PTSD, lower life satisfaction and usually isolation and fear to talk about what happened because they believe that they will be seen in a different way.

But one must also know that sexual predation also has organizational outcomes that affect the business in which the event happened. This includes employee payouts or turnover, lower productivity and brand damage. This increases the cost of running the business and it seems as though companies should become more concerned about these issues because they are also affected negatively.

Sexual harassment is a multilevel problem that is normalized by silence and organizational narcissism, and this should change. It starts with a good comprehension of the different parties involved.

Below is the proof that I was present on that day.