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CEE 4920 – Professionalism and Ethics Monday, April 18, 2022

Prescott Hall 208

Week 13 – Leadership and Workplace Behavior A. Leadership assignment (5 points of final grade):

1. Read the Forbes.com article posted on iLearn entitled "How Introverted Leaders

Can Leverage their Natural Strengths".

2. While the article is oriented toward introverts, most of the leadership recommendations are adaptable to extroverts as well. Write a short essay in which you describe your personality type and how you plan to use some of the recommendations in the article to enhance your leadership skills.

3. Grading rubric: Requirement Points Minimum length of 500 words / 1 MS Word .doc or .docx file format / ½ Double spaced / ½ 12-point Times New Roman font / ½ Include your name on the right side of header / ½ State your personality type and give representative examples / 1 State how you will apply at least 3 of the recommendations / 1 Total / 5

4. Essays are due by noon, Wednesday, April 27.

B. Workplace behavior 1. Federal Law: Title VII of 1964 Civil Rights Act, and other laws 2. Protected Classes include:

Race Color Age (40+) Sex Religion Disability Nationality Ethnicity Genetics Citizenship

3. Harassment – Unwelcome conduct based on a protected class.

• Note that intent is not a requirement. • Quid pro quo – Type of sexual harassment in which terms of employment

are conditioned on fulfilling sexual demands.

4. Who can engage in harassment?

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5. Hostile work environment – Harassment that becomes a condition of employment

or is severe or pervasive such that a reasonable person would consider the environment intimidating, hostile, or abusive, is unlawful.

6. What is not unlawful?

Random teasing and offhand comments; isolated incidents which do not affect employment

7. Harassment prevention Treat others how they want to be treated. There are no instances in which harassment is considered acceptable. Criticism unrelated to a protected class is not harassment.

8. Dealing with harassment: a. Ask the offender to stop. b. If continues, report harassment to your manager. c. Legal action may be necessary but should be a last resort.

9. Corporate policy • Company should have an anti-harassment policy that includes reporting

procedures. • Company should take complaints seriously and follow-up accordingly. • Observed harassment should be reported—even if you are not the target.

10. Corporate complaint evaluation a. Document complaint b. Interview witnesses and alleged harasser c. Determine validity—if valid complaint, take action to prevent recurrence d. Communicate outcome and action taken to involved parties

11. Retaliation It is illegal to retaliate in any way against someone who has lodged a complaint or cooperated in a complaint evaluation.

12. Failure to take action If an employer is aware of inappropriate behavior, or reasonably should have been aware, but does not take action to prevent the harassment, the employer is subject to legal action.