Case study HARDAGE v$.$ CBS CASE QUESTIONS

$1.$ What were the legal issues in this case? What did

the court decide?

$2.$ What tangible employment actions does Hardage

allege he was subjected to$?$ Why does the court not

agree?

$3.$ Was Hardage subjected to a hostile environment?

Were Sparks$$ actions toward him $$unwelcome$?$

Was this harassment or simply a workplace ro$-$

mance that went awry? Would you view the case

any differently if the alleged harasser was a male

and the plaintiff a female?

$4.$ What did the employer do to prevent and promptly

correct any harassment? Do you think that the

company did enough in this case to meet its legal

obligations? Explain.

$5.$ Why do you suppose that Hardage acted as he did

$($i$.$e$.,$ continuing to socialize with Sparks, waiting

months to complain, not supplying all of the

$$gory details,$$ saying that he preferred to deal

with the matter on his own$)?$ Was he unreasonable

in failing to take advantage of the employer$$s pre$-$

ventive and corrective mechanisms? Explain.