A Major Problem in Controlling Sexual Harassment in the Work

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Multiple Choice

A major problem in controlling sexual harassment in the work place is that most workers ________.

• A)don't regard a demand to exchange sex for favors as being harassment
• B)don't agree on what constitutes hostile-environment harassment
• C)think that managers have the right to harass subordinates
• D)think that unless another worker has been assaulted, harassment has not taken place

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