research paper

Running head: SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN ORGANIZATIONS

*The page number should be in the upper right hand corner-

This is a paper from another student. I kept some things in, and then added my own information

to hopefully help expand upon the instructions for the research paper in week 7.

The Impact of Sexual Harassment on Leadership and Ethics

Sample Paper

Wilmington University

An important thing to be mindful of is making sure your cover page is set up correctly. For

example, this student left out the page number. Not a big deal, but you don’t want to lose

unnecessary points.

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The Impact of Sexual Harassment on Leadership and Ethics

Introduction

For the INTRODUCTION it is important to not only set up the issue for the reader,

but also the 2 components you are choosing to discuss your issue with. Furthermore, it is

also important to the let reader know where the issue is taking place (i.e. your own

organization or one of your choosing). Below is just an excerpt of this student’s

introduction. I just wanted to show how he incorporated not only his main issue, but the 2

components he chose to discuss his issue with.

In recent years, the issue of sexual harassment has received enormous attention at the

workplace where leadership and an ethical climate failed to create a safe environment for

employees. Case in point; the improper handling of sexual harassment claims by Yahoo Inc.

Furthermore, the negative influence of sexual harassment should not be underestimated.

Therefore, organizations need to be cognizant of this. Sexual harassment creates a culture and

dynamic in which individuals feel powerless. It can lead to a decrease of self-esteem,

efficiency, trust and honesty. It can further impact job satisfaction, as well as the psychological

and physical health of individuals. While the causes of sexual harassment can be attributed to

many variables, the specific contributing factors in this case were ineffective leadership and an

unethical climate. Student goes on to set up the issue in further detail-

Therefore, effective leadership and a solid ethical climate becomes essential for

organizations to avoid the hostile, intimidating and offensive work environments that can be

-This paper requires headings for each

section

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created when sexual harassment is not addressed (Kreitner & Kinicki, 2016). Wraps up

introduction.

Purpose Statement

The purpose of this paper is to examine how leadership and ethics further contributed to

the issue of sexual harassment at Yahoo Incorporated. Furthermore, recommendations will be

discussed regarding how to provide solid leadership and an ethical climate, in order to decrease

sexual harassment.

It is important to remember the approach for the analysis and the overall paper:

X and Y are contributing to Z occurring OR X and Y are causing Z to occur.

For example:

X (leadership) and Y (ethics) are contributing to Z (sexual harassment) occurring.

For this paper, the student chose ineffective leadership (leadership) and an unethical

climate (ethics) to apply to the main issue (sexual harassment). Think of ineffective

leadership and an unethical climate—- creates a dynamic that fuels the issue of sexual

harassment-

Don’t focus on what should occur or how things should be. In essence, you are defending

your perspective. Example: leadership and an unethical climate contributed to the issue of

sexual harassment in Yahoo.

Note how the purpose statement includes all the central components

that will be examined in the analysis, as well as a reference to the

recommendation section.

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No abstract is needed-

Below is how I would like the analysis & recommendation section to

be organized.

Analysis

Leadership’s Impact on Sexual Harassmentfirst “leg” of the analysis-

• Establish the central focus for the first “leg” of the analysis-in this example it would

be leadership & sexual harassment.

• Define leadership.

• Analysis of information to address how leadership impacts sexual harassment-think

about what type of leadership style or characteristics further exacerbated the issue.

Think about how leadership contributes to the issue.

• Incorporate research to validate your perspective.

• Incorporate examples to further support your statements and research.

• Stay focused on examining what is it about leadership that is impacting the issue in

a negative way. Don’t focus on how leadership should be behaving-that is for the

recommendation section.

• Wrap up first “leg” of the analysis by reinforcing the overall central focus-

Impact of Ethical Climate on HarassmentSecond “leg” of analysis

• Establish the central focus for the first “leg” of the analysis. In this case, it would be

ethical climate and sexual harassment.

• Define ethical climate.

• Analysis of information to address how the ethical climate impacts sexual

harassment-think about what could be lacking in the climate of the organization

that further exacerbates the issue. Think about moral principles that the

organization failed to uphold.

• Incorporate research to validate your perspective-

• Incorporate examples to further support your statements and research.

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• Stay focused on examining what is it about the ethical climate that is impacting the

issue in a negative way. Don’t focus on how the ethical climate should be, that is for

the recommendation section.

• Wrap up second “leg” of the analysis by reinforcing the central focus.

Additional tips for the Analysis section:

• For this paper, you only need to pick one issue as it relates to 2 of the 3 components of organizational behavior: leadership, ethics or culture. Please do not pick all three. See

instructions for more information.

• Make sure your issue is focused and not broad. Also make sure that there is plenty of research (that just makes writing the paper much easier for you).

• Don’t forget, Schein and Argyris are great sources because they examine behaviors, which can be applied to most issues that occur in an organization.

• Stay organized and focused. The basis for the analysis is to fully establish the issue for

the reader, and how the 2 components (you chose), further exacerbate or contribute your

issue.

• You must pick either your own organization or an organization of your choosing (i.e. Yahoo, Facebook, etc.) I am not looking for the issue to be applied to organizations

in general. All papers are confidential, and are not shared without written permission

from the student. So please do not worry about writing an honest account of what you

feel is an issue within your organization. You can also change the name of your

organization if you want to.

• Incorporate research (i.e. journal articles, books, magazine articles, etc.), this is very important. Please do not use: dictionaries, Wikipedia, websites that only provide the

abstract, etc., as they are not solid resources.

• Cite your work. I should see in-text citations throughout the body of the analysis.

• Please review the APA resources regarding how to format in-text citations so you understand how to cite properly depending on whether you are paraphrasing, versus using

a direct quote.

• PARAPHRASE, PARAPHRSE, PARAPHRASE! All concepts and theories must be paraphrased. I am very strict about this for the final paper. Please understand that just

changing a few words or the order of the wording is not paraphrasing. I want students to

apply critical thinking to the analysis.

• Use direct quotes SPARINGLY. Please do not use direct quotes in place of defining concepts. Only use direct quotes to enhance your analysis.

• Please do not list or bullet point information within your papers, write out everything you want to discuss in paragraph format.

• Most importantly, please do not plagiarize. If you are still a bit fuzzy about what plagiarism is, I would recommend reviewing the plagiarism policy and/ or plagiarism

video.

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Recommendations

The analysis has found that ineffective leadership as well as an unsound ethical climate

can further exacerbate the issue of sexual harassment. In order to overcome the negative

consequence and avoid such dilemmas all together, recommendations for both leadership and

ethics will be examined to decrease sexual harassment, and help to achieve organizational

success.

Recommendations for Leadership

• Introduce solutions that could help increase effective leadership & decrease sexual

harassment-don’t just “tell” the reader, “show” the reader.

• Focus on at least 2 recommendations for each component

Recommendations for Ethical Climate

• Introduce solutions that could help create a solid ethical climate & decrease sexual

harassment-don’t just “tell” the reader, “show” the reader.

• Focus on at least 2 recommendations for each component

Tips for the Recommendation Section:

• For this section, your recommendations should tie back to SPECIFIC examples that

were provided when you discussed the issue in your analysis section.

• Stay focused and provide an organized and succinct recommendation section.

• The recommendation section should be written in paragraph format.

Conclusion

• Unify the overall central themes in a succinct way-Avoid restating everything

you just discussed in the recommendations section.

Example of how to set up the transition into the

recommendations section. Note how both components (i.e.

leadership and ethics) were noted along with the central

issue (i.e. sexual harassment).

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• For example, the overall central themes are: Leadership, Ethics (or ethical

climate), Sexual Harassment and the importance of recommendations (in

general).

References

Make sure your reference page is set up properly and the references are formatted

correctly. You don’t want to lose unnecessary points. OWL and the internet is filled

with examples of how to format various resources in APA format. Start with OWL

first.

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