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MBA, Ph.D in Management
Harvard university
Feb-1997 - Aug-2003
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Strayer University
Jan-2007 - Present
How could/should I have handled my harassment situation differently to effect a better outcome for myself? Do you think that EEOC would have responded to my case differently if the timing had been after Anita Hill? How would the vicarious employer liability rules have made a difference in my case?
Case Study: My True Sexual Harassment Story
Once, pre Anita Hill, I had the perfect job, Chief Operating Officer of a for-profit health care management firm that did business internationally. This position reported directly to the President who was the owner and CEO of the company. The company had a board of directors, but they primarily served as advisors to the President who functioned independent of any real oversight.
One Monday morning at the end of my weekly operations report to the President he informed me that he had one more item that he wanted to cover. He said that he wanted me to meet him at 7:00 PM at a hotel in town that evening. I assumed that he wanted me to join him for a business meeting with a client so I asked who we were meeting. Mr. CEO responded with a smirk that we wouldn’t be meeting anyone. Only the two of us would be present. Still dumb to what was occurring, I asked what we would be meeting about that evening that couldn’t be covered now in our regular meeting. He laughed and said that we weren’t going to be meeting about anything, And then he said, “You are the only person in this company that I do not control. You don’t owe me anything. I have to find a way of controlling you and so I have decided to make you my w-----.” I was stunned to say the least. Never before had I been so insulted. I was very used to being mentored, not harassed. Without hesitating, I firmly told him that he could save himself a trip to town. I would not be meeting him at any hotel that evening. He laughed again and said, “If you don’t come I’m going to fire you on Friday.” I said, “That won’t be necessary, I’m quitting today.” And that was the end of my perfect job.
I quit and filed a complaint with EEOC who basically said that nothing could be done because the conversation could not be proven and because I quit instead of allowing him to fire me.
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