The Aftermath of Workplace Romance

After a workplace romance ends, the female manager does not want...

Tags: branching, series, kelly, jason, workplace dating, workplace romance

Going Too Far

Co-workers continue to tease another employee about being black and one...

Tags: jeff, rob, stereotype, series, preventing harassment, 2009

A Boondoggle

An employee tells his co-worker how a vendor gives him free...

Tags: vendor, procurement, client, payments, ethics, code of conduct

Shredding the Documents

An employee gets angry at her co-worker when she learns that...

Tags: enron, shredding documents, shredding, accurrate record-keeping, document retention, retention

Setting Prices

Two friends who work in the same industry but competing companies...

Tags: business development, sales, price, setting prices, ethics, code of conduct

How About Some Chicken Wings?

Two employees laugh over lunch about ethnic and cultural foods while...

Tags: 194, branching, series, harassment, protected traits, protected categories

He's a Fixer-Upper

Two employees chat about dating and then speculate about a male...

Tags: visual, verbal, physical, forms, ph9, 2009

I'm Just Kidding

An employee makes several sexual innuendos and suggestions to his co-worker...

Tags: branching, hostile, harassment, work environment, hostile work environment, types of harassment

Just Deal With It

An employee complains to a manager about a co-worker's conduct and...

Tags: manager, harassment, responsibility, liability, supervisor, ph9

Good Faith Investigation

A manager gets angry when he is terminated as a result...

Tags: dave, good faith investigation, good faith, lawful termination, fire, terminate

Drinks at the Bar

Some co-workers have drinks together after work and two of them...

Tags: drinks, bars, harassment, off-duty, off-duty conduct, discrimination

Too Much Information (TMI)

An employee asks her co-worker about her big date the night...

Tags: trina , sheila, harassment., preventing harassment, 2009, ph9

Refuse a Beer, Lose Your Office

After refusing a beer with her boss, an employee has to...

Tags: branching, harassment, quid pro quo, types, types of harassment, ph9

Granting Yourself A "Bonus"

An employee discusses her work trip in New York and tells...

Tags: ehthics, code of conduct, code, misappropriation, gifts, entertainment

Kickbacks

A manager thanks his employee for referring a contractor and the...

Tags: misappropriation, loyalty, code of conduct, ethics, conflict of interest, gifts