S406: Guest Lecture: Sexual Harassment and Workplace Incivilities Explained

This episode is a Guest Lecture with Dana Kabat-Farr, Associate Professor at Dalhousie University’s Rowe School of Business in Nova Scotia, Canada. Dana Kabat-Farr defines and discusses the 3 classes of sexual harassment and the related concept of workplace incivilities. She and Sarah also discuss Title IX policy, a recent independent report about allegations of sexual harassment against a University of Michigan faculty member, and the importance of bystander training and intervention in light of the #MeToo movement.

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Related readings and links

Dana Kabat-Farr’s faculty web page: https://www.dal.ca/faculty/management/rsb/faculty-and-staff/our-faculty/dana-kabat-farr.html

Dana Kabat-Farr’s lecture recording, “Subtle Social Peril: Incivility and Gender Harassment as Impediments to Diversity and Well-being at Work,” and additional reading list:
https://www.icos.umich.edu/node/744

Report of Independent Investigation: Allegations of Sexual Misconduct by Martin A. Philbert (link to PDF):
https://regents.umich.edu/files/meetings/01-01/Report_of_Independent_Investigation_WilmerHale.pdf

New Yorker Article on Secretary of Education DeVos’ Title IX regulations:
https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/how-concerning-are-the-trump-administrations-new-title-ix-regulations

Lilia Cortina’s article, “Compelled Disclosure of College Sexual Assault” (link to PDF):
https://dynamic.uoregon.edu/jjf/articles/hcf2018.pdf

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 2018 report on Sexual Harassment of Women in Academic Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine:
https://www.nap.edu/read/24994/chapter/1

Organizational Tolerance for Workplace Harassment: Development and Validation of the POT Scale (link to PDF): https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/15/4078/pdf

BBC article on why sexual harassment training doesn’t work: https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20171121-why-sexual-harassment-training-doesnt-work

Civility, Respect, and Engagement in the Workplace (CREW):
https://hrdailyadvisor.blr.com/2017/03/24/using-civility-training-prevent-harassment/

Harvard Business Review article on bystander training:
https://hbr.org/2018/10/to-combat-harassment-more-companies-should-try-bystander-training

Australian Human Rights Commission: https://humanrights.gov.au/

Settle and colleagues, Women in STEM: Challenges and determinants of success and well-being:
https://www.apa.org/science/about/psa/2014/10/women-stem

Christine Blasey Ford, PhD, MS, PsyM: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Blasey_Ford
Why people do people delay in reporting sexual assault or not report at all?:
Twitter #WhyIDidntReport
https://abcnews.go.com/US/women-report-sexual-assaults-survivor-speaks/story?id=57985818

A full transcript of the episode can be found here.

Recorded: August 25, 2020

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AcaDamesPodcast
E-mail: [email protected]
Voicemail #: (919) 666-7301
(Voice memos can also be emailed if you would like!)

Creative Director: Mara Buchbinder
Music by: Grace Mesa — PremiumBeat.com
Production, editing, and admin by Meryem Ok
Artwork by Melissa Hudgens at Leafy Greens Designs

This episode is a Guest Lecture with Dana Kabat-Farr, Associate Professor at Dalhousie University’s Rowe School of Business in Nova Scotia, Canada. Dana Kabat-Farr defines and discusses the 3 classes of sexual harassment and the related concept of workplace incivilities. She and Sarah also discuss Title IX policy, a recent independent report about allegations of sexual harassment against a University of Michigan faculty member, and the importance of bystander training and intervention in light of the #MeToo movement.

Click here to subscribe on iTunes!

Related readings and links

Dana Kabat-Farr’s faculty web page: https://www.dal.ca/faculty/management/rsb/faculty-and-staff/our-faculty/dana-kabat-farr.html

Dana Kabat-Farr’s lecture recording, “Subtle Social Peril: Incivility and Gender Harassment as Impediments to Diversity and Well-being at Work,” and additional reading list: https://www.icos.umich.edu/node/744 

Report of Independent Investigation: Allegations of Sexual Misconduct by Martin A. Philbert (link to PDF): https://regents.umich.edu/files/meetings/01-01/Report_of_Independent_Investigation_WilmerHale.pdf 

New Yorker Article on Secretary of Education DeVos’ Title IX regulations: https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/how-concerning-are-the-trump-administrations-new-title-ix-regulations

Lilia Cortina’s article, “Compelled Disclosure of College Sexual Assault” (link to PDF): https://dynamic.uoregon.edu/jjf/articles/hcf2018.pdf 

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 2018 report on Sexual Harassment of Women in Academic Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: https://www.nap.edu/read/24994/chapter/1 

Organizational Tolerance for Workplace Harassment: Development and Validation of the POT Scale (link to PDF): https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/15/4078/pdf 

BBC article on why sexual harassment training doesn’t work: https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20171121-why-sexual-harassment-training-doesnt-work 

Civility, Respect, and Engagement in the Workplace (CREW): https://hrdailyadvisor.blr.com/2017/03/24/using-civility-training-prevent-harassment/ 

Harvard Business Review article on bystander training: https://hbr.org/2018/10/to-combat-harassment-more-companies-should-try-bystander-training 

Australian Human Rights Commission: https://humanrights.gov.au/ 

Settle and colleagues, Women in STEM: Challenges and determinants of success and well-being: https://www.apa.org/science/about/psa/2014/10/women-stem 

Christine Blasey Ford, PhD, MS, PsyM: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Blasey_Ford

Why people do people delay in reporting sexual assault or not report at all?: 

Twitter #WhyIDidntReport 

https://abcnews.go.com/US/women-report-sexual-assaults-survivor-speaks/story?id=57985818 

A full transcript of the episode can be found here. 

Recorded: August 25, 2020

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AcaDamesPodcast  

E-mail: [email protected] 

Voicemail #: (919) 666-7301

(Voice memos can also be emailed if you would like!)

Creative Director: Mara Buchbinder

Music by: Grace Mesa — PremiumBeat.com  

Production, editing, and admin by Meryem Ok

Artwork by Melissa Hudgens at Leafy Greens Designs