Quid pro quo is prohibited under the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) definition of sexual harassment. Which of the following is an example of this type of harassment?

Question

A. A physician makes a nurse feel uncomfortable by constantly commenting on her attire and physical appearance.
B. A practice manager constantly talks about her sexual activities in the office.
C. A nurse in a nursing home sexually harasses physically disabled patients whom she is helping to take a shower.
D. A physician constantly talks about his "love life" in front of the office staff.
E. A surgical resident is offered opportunities to scrub in on a procedure if he dates the surgeon.

Answer 1

E. A surgical resident is offered opportunities to scrub in on a procedure if he dates the surgeon.

Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitute sexual harassment when (1) submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual's employment; (2) submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as a basis for employment decisions affecting such individual; or (3) such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual's work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment. While the other examples are possible forms of sexual harassment, they are not examples of quid pro quo.