Question

David Smith is an assistant professor at Bumble University (Home of the Fighting Bees!!). David's department chair, Ronald Doe, has started pressuring David to have a romantic relationship with Ronald. If David doesn't agree, Ronald has threatened to use his stature at the University to see that David is not recommended for promotion or tenure. This is an example of:____________
a) Quid pro quo sexual harassment.
b) No sexual harassment as David and Ronald are of the same gender.
c) Hostile work environment sexual harassment.
d) Per conte sexual harassment, but only of Ronald follows through on his threat.

Answer 1

Answer:

A

Explanation:

Quid pro quo is a type of harassment in which someone with higher up in organisation hierarchy asks for sexual favour from another person who is lower in organisation hierarchy in exchange for benefits or denies benefits unless sexual demands are met.

Ronald is higher up in organisation hierarchy while David is lower in organisation hierarchy. Ronald is denying David the benefit of a promotion if his requests aren't met