Question

Janice Coleman is a team leader at Jackson Equipment. She has been promoted several times over the past five years and her performance evaluations are outstanding. Milton, one of the vice presidents at Jackson has been very friendly to Janice and has served as her mentor. He has also been occasionally asking her to go out with him for the past 2 years. She has declined and Milton recently suggested that she could be an area supervisor if he became her advocate with the management team. One time, while at a company party, Milton indicated he would be willing to do so if they began dating. Janice does not agree to the relationship. She is eventually promoted to area supervisor based on her own merit. Does Janice have a claim against Milton for sexual harassment? Which of the following statements is correct?
a. No, Janice has no basis for a harassment case because she was promoted.
b. Yes, because Jackson is not responsible for the acts of Milton.
c. Yes, Janice has a case for hostile environment.
d. Yes, Janice has a claim for quid pro quo harassment.

Answer 1

Answer:a. No, Janice has no basis for a harassment case because she was promoted.

Explanation:

Janice got promoted based on her own great performance in her work because eventhoug Milton suggested that if they could date he will advocate for her to management team but she refused and got promoted on her merit so she was not coerced to do anything sexually wrong so that she can be promoted.