Week 9 EOC:The Apartment

In the movie The Apartment we see many Human resource related issues. They are in the form of Sexual Harassment and Hostile Workplace Harassment; we see this in many forms and must look at two key instances. The first is sexual harassment; we see this in the elevator when one of the manager's smacks Fran Kubelick on the bum. This is blatant sexual harassment and should be reported to an HR personal, she could even hire a lawyer to make a case for her to sue the company. On top of this is that many of the managers talk about her not sleeping with any of the managers that have tried to engage her their dating relationship outside of work, and purely based off her looks they say she is not a "classy broad". The instance of Hostile Workplace Harassment occurs when Mr. Sheldrake threatens to demote, and later fire, C.C. Baxter unless he, Baxter, gives Sheldrake the key to his apartment to use for a liaison with a woman. This is a form of blackmail and quid pro quo; Sheldrake offer either promotion or termination unless he receives the key, Baxter could take this instance to a higher up manager or form a lawsuit against the company. Both of these instances are prime example of the HR issues of sexual harassment and hostile workplace environment.