The public debate is polarized between those who believe sex in the workplace doesn't belong andthose who believe it is okay as long as it is between consenting adults.

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               The public debate is polarized between those who believe sex in the workplace doesn't belong and  

those who believe it is okay as long as it is between consenting adults. In the terms of the business world  

employers realize that new and creative solutions are needed to deal with the changing work world and  the

increase in office romances.

 

                Many companies frown on relationships at work. Some usually American firms make these

relationships a firing offense. The prime motive for this is the fear of a sexual assault lawsuit after a failed

romance. Others do not outright ban office romances but make it known that if you are in one your chance

of promotion is limited. Many experts agree that these approaches do not work. Statistically, sexual

harassment lawsuits after a failed relationship are rare. Sexual harassment suits are usually about bullying

where sex is a tool not from a failed romance.

                 

               Blanket bans on relationships are hard to enforce, love will find a way. If one employee is

terminated because of an affair it certainly won't make their significant other pleased with the company.

Realistically the firm has lost two valuable employees.

                One strategy that has been suggested is to be discrete until the relationship is firmly established

and then tell management before the affair has become public knowledge. The couple in the relationship

must make it known and demonstrate to fellow colleagues their commitment to their team and company.

Even to the point where you disagree with your romantic partner on work issues.

 

               The office of the past is much different than the office of the present. The office in the past was

dull and formal, where a job was for life and practically no one was fired. Today's office in contrast is

more of a home away from home, and it being likely only a temporary one. Mergers, down sizing and the

ability of employees to change careers several times in their life  forces the work world  to be more

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dynamic than it has been in the past. The increase in relationships between fellow employees due

to the changing work world, most companies believe is inevitable .The extended time spent together and

the lack of time to form outside relationships makes it only natural that these romances form.

 

              Concerns about invading individuals privacy, and that human nature being what it is, people are

going to become involved know matter what the company policies are. Most employers are trying to

remain hands off, they ...

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