When the Harassment of Co-Workers Creates a Hostile Working Environment

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True/False

When the harassment of co-workers creates a hostile working environment, an employee may have a cause of action against an employer.

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Definitions:

Negative Externality

A cost suffered by a third party as a consequence of an economic transaction in which they were not involved.

Common Resource

A resource like air or water, that provides users with tangible benefits but is difficult to exclude nonpaying users from consuming or depleting.

Publicly Owned

A description for businesses or assets owned by the government or the public sector, often emphasizing their accountability and service to the public rather than profit motive.

Tragedy of the Commons

A situation where individual users, acting independently according to their own self-interest, deplete or spoil shared resources, leading to overall degradation.