Vocabulary【W(wǎng)orkplace Misconduct】
All offices should aim to make sure their employees are treated fairly and equally.
Here are some common forms of misconduct that are either unethical or illegal in an office.
misconduct: 不端行為
unethical: 不道德的
bullying
Bullying is the act of treating people in a mean and threatening way.
Office bullies target people who they can push around.
In most cases, office bullying is done by someone with authority, such as a manager or senior employee.
bully: n. 惡霸 v. 威嚇
threaten: v. 恐嚇
sexual harassment
Sexual harassment is when someone behaves sexually in a way that makes people uncomfortable.
It includes sexual jokes or comments about a person's appearance.
Sometimes people won't report sexual harassment because they're afraid of being retaliated against.
harassment: 騷擾
retaliate: 報(bào)復(fù)
discrimination
Discrimination happens when someone is treated differently from others in unfair way.
People are often discriminated against because of their age, race, or sex.
If someone has been refused a job because of the skin color, they have been discriminated against.
discrimination: 歧視
retaliation
Retaliation refers to acting against someone who has upset you.
In the office, retaliation can occur when an employee has offended their manager.
If they have reported their manager, their manager may try to punish them.
They may give the employee extra work to do, or become overly critical of the employee's work.
retaliation: 報(bào)復(fù)
upset: v. 使生氣 adj. 生氣的 n. 混亂
offend: 冒犯
overly: 過(guò)于
critical: 挑剔的
Question
- Why might someone not report that they have been sexual harassed?
> they are afraid of being retaliated against - An office bully may use their power to embarrass or insult other employees.
- He was fired after being accused of sexual harassment.
- While many people have experience workplace bullying, many offices don't have policies to prevent it.
- More often than not, workplace bullying won't be reported and the victim will just leave the job.
- Sometimes office bullies are openly aggressive, but usually they will criticize people behind their back.
- They have formed an organization to fight against sexual harassment in the workplace.
- intimidate someone who is weaker than you
- Discrimination against someone's gender is also known as sexism.
- He felt he was fired in retaliation for complaining his manager, so he sued the company.
- She thought her manager was retaliating against her by not giving her a promotion.
- Most countries have laws to protect against workplace discrimination.
- It is illegal to discriminate against someone's age when hiring them.
- If an employee is unfairly treated because she is a woman, she is being discriminated against.
harass: v. 騷擾
embarrass: 使尷尬
accuse: 指責(zé)
intimidate: 恐嚇
sexism: 性別歧視
