Question Make recommendations to the university for dealing with any similar issue that may arise in the  future. Scenario You are presented with the following scenario on Sexual Harassment (Contemporary issues in  Labour and Employment Law) On or about 10th September 2018, as a member of the academic staff of a Caribbean University by  your collective verbal statements, you caused personal discomfort of a sexual nature to a student,  after offering her a lift/ride to a restaurant down town to buy something to eat, then asking: “do  you have your visa” and “do you have a boyfriend” and by stating that she is a “very beautiful girl”  and you did not want anyone to “spoil her” and that you wanted to take her for lunch sometime and  that she was “very beautiful”. On or about 10 September 2018, whilst offering the young lady the lift /ride as described above,  you misconducted yourself as a member of the academic staff of the University by touching her  without her consent in a sexual manner by caressing her right knee with your left hand, causing her  to push away your hand. A few weeks later, the lecturer sent pictures of himself to the named student without her consent  and sent videos and pictures of himself from his personal cell phone without her permission;  Having regard to the facts and circumstances as alleged above, as a member of the academic staff, you breached the University’s policy against sexual harassment.

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Make recommendations to the university for dealing with any similar issue that may arise in the 
future.

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You are presented with the following scenario on Sexual Harassment (Contemporary issues in 
Labour and Employment Law)
On or about 10th September 2018, as a member of the academic staff of a Caribbean University by 
your collective verbal statements, you caused personal discomfort of a sexual nature to a student, 
after offering her a lift/ride to a restaurant down town to buy something to eat, then asking: “do 
you have your visa” and “do you have a boyfriend” and by stating that she is a “very beautiful girl” 
and you did not want anyone to “spoil her” and that you wanted to take her for lunch sometime and 
that she was “very beautiful”.

On or about 10 September 2018, whilst offering the young lady the lift /ride as described above, 
you misconducted yourself as a member of the academic staff of the University by touching her 
without her consent in a sexual manner by caressing her right knee with your left hand, causing her 
to push away your hand.

A few weeks later, the lecturer sent pictures of himself to the named student without her consent 
and sent videos and pictures of himself from his personal cell phone without her permission; 
Having regard to the facts and circumstances as alleged above, as a member of the academic staff, you breached the University’s policy against sexual harassment. 

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