Since #MeToo became a household term, a lot of people have been trying to make work a safer place for everyone. But organizational change is slow, and it&#8217;s not always easy for individual employees to respond to and prevent sexual harassment.
Marianne Cooper shares some findings from LeanIn.Org and McKinsey &#38; Company&#8217;s &#8220;Women in the Workplace 2018&#8221; report. Then, we talk with Sarah Beaulieu about how to deal with inappropriate behavior in the office.
Our HBR reading list:
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<li>&#8220;<a href="https://hbr.org/2018/06/its-not-always-clear-what-constitutes-sexual-harassment-use-this-tool-to-navigate-the-gray-areas?autocomplete=true">It&#8217;s Not Always Clear What Constitutes Sexual Harassment. Use This Tool to Navigate the Gray Areas,</a>&#8221; by Kathleen Kelley Reardon</li>
<li>&#8220;<a href="https://hbr.org/2018/12/study-when-leaders-take-sexual-harassment-seriously-so-do-employees?referral=03758&#38;cm_vc=rr_item_page.top_right">Study: When Leaders Take Sexual Harassment Seriously, So Do Employees</a>,&#8221; by Chloe Hart, Alison Dahl Crossley, and Shelley Correll</li>
<li>&#8220;<a href="https://hbr.org/2017/12/why-sexual-harassment-persists-and-what-organizations-can-do-to-stop-it">Why Sexual Harassment Persists and What Organizations Can Do to Stop It</a>,&#8221; by Colleen Ammerman and Boris Groysberg</li>
<li>&#8220;<a href="https://hbr.org/2017/12/how-to-talk-about-sexual-harassment-with-your-coworkers">How to Talk About Sexual Harassment with Your Coworkers</a>,&#8221; by Amy Gallo</li>
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