Step Forward: Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: What You Need to Know! [Paperback]

Susan L. Webb (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1998

A book that every employee should have in hand--a practical, no-nonsense guide to what sexual harassment is and what each manager, supervisor and employee should do about it. Companies will learn about limiting liability, training guidelines, and future trends. Managers and supervisors will learn a six-step program on how to stop harassment, the 10 factors for assessing an incident, and how to conduct an investigation. Employees will learn 25 things to do if sexual harassment happens to them.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Thanks for putting a very important issue into perspective. -- CNN

Webb is a leading authority on sexual harassment. -- CBS Evening News

Webb's book is refreshingly free of ideology and reproach...crisp and logical...an accessible sort of Cliff's notes that will have special appeal...the great mass of confused by-standers will find Step Forward informative. -- Time Magazine

Webb's first book was one of the hot books in America...may be one of the great values ever. Boy, the Time magazine write-up was a rave and encouraged everyone to get this book. -- Larry King on Larry King Live

From the Author

I'm sure you'll understand if I tell you that being in the sexual harassment business for the past 20 long years, since 1980, has required that I maintain a certain balance, perspective, and to some extent, even a sense of humor. Through the years, I've heard stories that are strange, weird, crazy, and some hilarious--though they often turn out to have less than funny endings--and I've heard stories that are truly tragic and damaging for everyone--even those only remotely involved. The things that people do to each other, especially at work, have been a constant source of amazement to me. Now, I'm no longer surprised, but more often disappointed, that the same kinds of things keep happening over and over. The Thomas-Hill hearings were a discouraging time for everyone I know who watched or kept track of the goings-on. Regardless of which side you were on--his, hers, didn't know, or didn't care--you have to admit, it was depressing. Each and every part and detail of the situation made it worse and more painful. For me, there was an additional element that proved discouraging. I was continually asked during and after the hearings if I felt hopeful, as others did, that the hearings and the publicity they generated, would make a positive impact on the problem of sexual harassment, i.e. didn't I think that now people were much more aware. It was my own answer that depressed me the most: No. Despite the fact that sexual harassment has been a concept and a problem that has supposedly been getting a great deal of attention since at least 1980, we seemed to have made very little progress at the time of the Thomas-Hill hearings. I heard again and again, day after day, people express the same mis-informed and uneducated opinions about sexual harassment that they had held and expressed before the hearings--during and immediately after the hearings they just expressed those same opinions more loudly. In short, most people before, during, and after the Thomas-Hill mess, had very little, if any, genuine or in-depth understanding of what sexual harassment actually is. It was during the hearings that I agreed to write my book Step Forward, not as in "step forward and complain," but as in "isn't it about time we all took a step forward on understanding this problem (as opposed to two steps back)?" It is written as a simple, straight-forward handbook to provide people with basic understanding of the problem and its impact. I believe it helps people toward that understanding--to some extent anyway. We're obviously not there yet. Demand for information about sexual harassment continued, even increased, since that first edition, so I wrote the second edition of Step Forward in 1998. My thought behind the second edition remains the same as the first, that "the sooner we realize that sexual harassment affects us all and that we all must play a part in solving the problem, the sooner we will be rid of it." I hope this book helps us all to do just that.

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Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Master Media; 2nd edition (1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1571010750
• ISBN-13: 978-1571010759
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,303,853 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great tool!, July 8, 2000

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Linda Fischer [e-mail] (Honolulu, HI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Step Forward: Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: What You Need to Know! (Paperback)

A great tool and resource for everyone in the workplace. Supervisors and workers can all benefit from the practical approach presented by Ms. Webb. Be prepared, every Human Resource Office and supervisor should have a copy. Don't think it won't happen to you, I'm living proof it can. I'm assertive and confident - I never dreamed it could happen to me. Educate yourself as a worker add Step Forward: Sexual Harassent in the Workplace to your personal library. Be well Linda