Sexual Harassment Policy Implementation Issues

assistance. Since Anita Hill’s testimony on Clarence Thomas riveted the public to the television, sexual harassment prevention has become a more prominent concern for personnel specialists. It was estimated that the personnel costs of sexual harassment in the workplace at the federal level alone could be in excess of $267 million over a two-year period, representing the cost of replacement, sick leave, and reduced productivity (MSPB, 1988). Lowered morale, job satisfaction, and career abandonment by those who have been harassed have also been examined as a consequence of sexual harassment (Hoyman and Robinson, 1980; Niehouse and Doades, 1980; Koss, 1990). Aside from the human resource toll, there is an increased con-