Colleen Worked as an Assistant to Matt,the Director of Marketing,for

question 40

Multiple Choice

Colleen worked as an assistant to Matt,the director of marketing,for seven months.During this period,Matt constantly referred to Colleen as "the office beauty," and he would loudly smack his lips whenever she came to work in a skirt.On one particular occasion,when Colleen reminded him to get his wife a Valentine's Day card,he responded that his wife lived in another city and that he was lonely.He also made an inappropriate sexual gesture.If Colleen files a complaint of sexual harassment due to a hostile work atmosphere,which one of the following standards is most likely to result in a finding of sexual harassment?

• A) The reasonable offender standard
• B) The average person standard
• C) The reasonable victim standard
• D) The average third-party standard

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Digestive Tract

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