Sexual Harassment in Tourism Workplaces: A Case Study

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Executive Summary
Sexual harassment has been a major problematic area in tourism workplaces over times,
particularly in the hospitality sector. Reports have indicated that the rate of incidents reported
especially by women employees is twice as high in comparison to other service sectors whereby
managers and peers are the prime offenders. The purpose of this paper is to form inclusive
regarding sexual harassment in tourism workplaces in the hospitality industry of Australia. The
report will shed light on a case of the COO currently appointed as CEO who has been accused of
engaging in sexual harassment acts with two of his former colleagues. The paper will take a
closer approach on the hotel housekeeping sector on sexual harassment, assess the case, and
additionally provide relevant recommendation to the offender’s current organization.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Discussion........................................................................................................................................3
Acts of Sexual Harassment in the Tourism Sector......................................................................3
Risk factors in Tourism Sector consequent to Sexual Harassment Acts.....................................4
Conduct of an investigation to obtain information about the situation.......................................5
Reprimands and corrective action discussions of Preventing Acts of Sexual Harassment.........6
Recommendation.........................................................................................................................7
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................8
References........................................................................................................................................9

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Introduction
Sexual harassment is perpetuated against both and women. However, most of the cases of
sexual harassment in the workplace are done by men against women and typically do not have
equal status as men, show lack of authority and influence thus leading to be highly susceptible
and insecure positions (Ram, Tribe & Biran, 2016). Similar has been the case in the tourism
sector where a current CEO of renowned Australian hotel has recently got accusations of sexual
harassment by two of his former subordinates in his former company where he was appointed as
the COO. The accusations have taken a critical state due to increased media intervention. The
current company has taken the matter with utmost seriousness as the two statements given by
both the female employees show great similarity thus has led the company to seek help from the
management level and efficiently assess the situation and come to relevant conclusion. The
report will provide recommendations through leadership perspectives which assess the situation
of sexual harassment.
Discussion
Acts of Sexual Harassment in the Tourism Sector
The tourism industry is identified as one of the important sectors in Australia that recruits
around 1 million workers and has been growing rapidly. Reports of authors have indicated that as
sexual harassment is an extensive issue in the Australian tourism sector, the industry requires
systemic development to consider full potential and develop as a dynamic industry to work
especially for women. Taylor et al. (2015) have revealed that over 65% of women have reported
to have experienced certain forms of sexual harassment from their male coworkers but more