A young female writer’s assistant working on the television series “Friends” sued for sexual
harassment. She claimed that the offensive, sexually tinged conversation of the writers’
meetings made it impossible for her to carry out her job effectively and she quit, seeking
damages in the lawsuit.
What will be an ideal response?
1. Does this seem to you like "sexual harassment"? How do you draw the line between
casual joking that should be tolerated and sexual harassment that should be banned in
the workplace? Justify your answers using ethical reasoning principles.
2. How would you define "sexual harassment"? How is it related to employment
discrimination against the victims of harassment? What ethical considerations are
important in addressing these issues?
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Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and George Washington were
A. agnostics. B. polytheists. C. monotheists. D. atheists. E. pantheists. F. deists.
INSTRUCTIONS: Select the conclusion that follows in a single step from the given premises. Throughout this test, write your answer on the form provided. Erasure marks may cause the grading machine to mark your answer wrong. Given the following premises: 1 . S ? (??T • ??C) 2 . (S • Q) ? C 3 . ?C
A) S 2, Simp B) S ? (T • C) 1, DN C) S ? ??T 1, Simp D) S ? (T • ??C) 1, DN E) S • Q 2, 3, DS
Criticize the following claim based on the material from Chapter 3 of the text."Alcohol is present in about 50 percent of fatal traffic accidents among teenagers."
What will be an ideal response?
Plato warned against the dangers of humor because he wanted to protect the guardians of the republic from the distortions and distractions of laughter
Indicate whether the statement is true or false