Neville has worked as an educator and arbitrator for both sides of the issue, for Fortune 500 companies and individuals alike. Using case studies, statistics, and revealing anecdotes, she shows how this struggle has reached epidemic proportions and has imposed high cost on society -- costs reflected in lost jobs, lost wages, lost corporate profits, and rising aggravation. This book is sure to spark a national debate about sexual harassment.
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Nearly 20 years ago, Neville experienced sexual harassment at her job at a television station, where she was a reporter and an account executive. After reporting the incident, she was fired. She sued but lost the case and an appeal, which dragged on for seven years. She wrote about her experience and offered advice on handling the problem of sexual harassment in Corporate Attractions (1990). Since then, she has become a consultant specializing in sexual harassment and sexual misconduct in the workplace. Her new book is a comprehensive survey of attitudes, practices, and laws on this issue. She contrasts public perceptions of harassment with legal definitions, and she identifies who harasses and suggests reasons why they do. Neville tracks an actual case of harassment and shows the "web of consequences" that befalls companies in which harassment occurs. She also recognizes conflicts and challenges facing foreign companies located in the U.S. Appendixes summarize major cases, include applicable legal statutes, offer a sample sexual harassment policy, and advise how and where to file a claim of harassment. David Rouse
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Praise for Internal Affairs. "Anything that closes down a working person's sense of opportunity--especially sexual harassment and discrimination--cuts off the main energy flow of the organization. Neville shows us that overall corporate responsibility begins with providing a sense of well-being for every single employee."--Gail Blanke, President and CEO of Lifedesigns, and author of In My Wildest Dreams. "Neville's inside look at what's going on in Corporate America shows the limits of the ability of courts and rules of law to control sexual harassment on the job. At the same time, she presents steps that employers can put to immediate and practical use so as to avoid litigation."--Burke Marshall, Professor Emeritus, Yale Law School. "Internal Affairs gives us our first hard look inside the lives of real people affected by sexual misconduct in the workplace."--Karel R. Amaranth, Executive Director, Victims Services. "We've made a bad show about how to deal with [sex and the workplace] at the close of the twentieth century; it is extremely important that we use common sense, human nature, and wisdom to get this right for the twenty-first century. Kathleen Neville leads the way."--Edith Weiner, Trend Analyst and President, Weiner, Edrich, Brown, Inc.
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A good start...,
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This review is from: Internal Affairs: The Abuse of Power, Sexual Harassment, and Hyprocrisy in the Workplace (Hardcover)
Best aspect of the book: it's realistic. An amazing number of self-help books have begun to deny that harassment and discrimination exist, or they say, "You can prevent harassment with a positive attitude." Neville shows us that harassment is pervasive. This is the only book I've seen that acknowledges the willingness of corporations to look the other way. A top producer who gets caught will be protected as part of the cost of doing business. She also shows the reasons for false claims, all of which boil down to insensitivity and poor management. Two weaknesses. Clinton's story is a distraction here. The vast majority of harassed women do not (I suspect) flirt like Monica did. Politicans and athletes do move in a different world; while I don't condone the behavior, I'd rather focus on the more mundane corporate and academic worlds that more women face. Second, I'm left with a feeling of helplessness. Realistically, a person who complains must resign or be transferred. Many companies pay off complainants as a cost of doing business -- leaving the aggressor free to pursue other targets. Sometimes he's even promoted to show the company never believed the story -- and women who report to him are caught between a rock and a hard place. Neville deals with some of the complexities and unspoken issues more than most, but I wish she'd gone just a little further.
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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this book hits the bulls eye on all areas of harassment,
By A Customer
This review is from: Internal Affairs: The Abuse of Power, Sexual Harassment, and Hyprocrisy in the Workplace (Hardcover)
No need for me to worry about someone helping me write a book because you have included all areas that I would like to spread to the victims of this behavior in the workplace. I would like a suggestion on what method I might use to recommend this to people who do not know where to turn when they have been victimized by a large corporation. I have been in some type of negotiation about a coworker exposing himself in the workplace, admitting it,management promising to do what I asked (1)move the person away from public contact as he had access to customers and especially children ages 5 to 12. (2)require serious counseling for his problem (3) I never wanted to see him again. These were easily and readily available solutions for Delta Airlines as they are a worldwide company. The psychiatrist the company sent him to opined that he "didn't think he was a threat to society--that was his "gesture of good will" and "his way of saying hello". His counseling was one hour. He was suspended without pay one month. He is still working there. The second assault was him hugging me when the company put us in the same area in March 1993. I haven't worked since, have PTSD, major depression and have been in litigation since that time. I won through the EEOC, Magistrate Judge, Senior Judge, won summary judgement against Delta. They appealed and another judge overturned the case. We are in the appeals court, all briefs in, one former judge went to state attorney job, the senior judge is dead. I can only pray that the three appeals judges will allow me my day in court. In the past the company routinely discriminated in many ways and always challenged anyone who spoke of litigation that they could just go ahead and sue that they have the judges, courts in their pocket. They contend that they are powerful and have enough money to stop any litigation against them. I have 30 years with the company and I am sickened when I think of the hard work I provided and they could care less if I or any other of their victimized employees die. I have documents to prove my statements. This book is the reality of many companies behavior today. I want a public relations professional and would be grateful if I could reach the author, Kathleen Neville. Either way the court decision goes I would go pubic with the facts of my case and the nightmare women and men still have seeing justice. Thank you for an informative and well written, factual book. -Becky
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