Week 9 EOC: The Apartment

In the movie “The Apartment” there were a lot of sexual and work harassments that occurred throughout the movie. “Most HR managers and the organizations for which they work for would agree that they have a moral obligation to ensure that their workplaces are free from unnecessary hazards and that conditions in the workplace are safe for employees' physical and mental health. Regardless of whether they agree about moral responsibility, they all must recognize their legal responsibilities to ensure healthful working conditions.”( Hayes, D. and Ninemeier, J. (2008). Human Resources Management in the Hospitality Industry. Wiley-Pg332) Once the movie started there were immediately wrongful acts occurring like Bextor the main character was doing personal work and phone calls on his actual work time, which for sure is not allowed at any work force. Another example of work place harassment that I captured while watching was the people that are on a higher level in the company then Bextor, would use Bextor and promise him a jump of levels which therefore is going beyond their authority. “Bullying. Harassment that can occur on the playground, in the workforce, or any other place. Usually, physical and psychological harassing behavior is perpetrated against an individual, by one or more persons.”( Hayes, D. and Ninemeier, J. (2008). Human Resources Management in the Hospitality Industry. Wiley-Pg339) Examples of sexual harassment in the movie were scenes of bosses and higher leveled men in the office were having affairs with the ladies from their company, that there is a big violation. Another is the main boss messing with one of his employees and making her think he is truly all about her but in reality he is just with her for the sex, which is a big violation specially for the boss of the company and it all starts from him and other men slapping her butt without her consent. “In U.S. legal terms, sexual harassment is any unwelcome sexual advance or conduct on the job that creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment. Such environments are unsafe for employees both physically and mentally. In real-life terms, harassing behavior ranges from repeated offensive or belittling jokes to outright physical assault. In the hospitality industry, workers can be subject to extreme forms of harassment by coworkers and customers.”( Hayes, D. and Ninemeier, J. (2008). Human Resources Management in the Hospitality Industry. Wiley-Pg339)