I’ve said before and I’ll say it again. Zero-tolerance policies are a bad idea when addressing sexual harassment complaints. In fact, they shouldn’t even apply to complaints about discrimination or workplace infractions. Although zero-tolerance policies convey the impression that an employer is taking a hard line stand against conduct it wants to discourage or eliminate, the reality is a little more complicated, just like the workplace.
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