Jacksonville Shipyards

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en wished to tell sexual jokes or hang sexual calendars if what she was doing was one of her job’s duties. Thirdly, “moral rights provide a basis for justifying one’s actions and for invoking the protection or aid of others” (92). Since Robinson has the moral right to work wherever she desires, her supervisors have the moral responsibility for restraining anyone who tries to prevent her from exercising her rights.
I personally do not accepts the defense that the workers have a right to post pictures of this form in the workplace. The presence of calendars magazines, pictures, graffiti, and other visual displays of nude women in the workplace serve as a stimulus for harassment and stereotyping and priming elements. By being surrounded by sexual elements, a sexual atmosphere is created. Within the semaphore the people are affected, and begin to act in sexual ways. The presence of these elements made Robinson feel so uncomfortable that she was not able to complete her work tasks and her ability to work was affected. The sexual conduct creates a hostile working environment for Robinson and other female workers. Without these elements the unwanted sexual acts could have possibly been avoided. Commonly people adapt to the environments in which they place themselves. Therefore, if in a sexual environment, the people begin to act in sexual ways. Although JSI did give out many of the pictures and granted employees permission to post them, it was still unfair because the conditions they created were uncomfortable for many women. The issuers of these pictures displayed a lack of care for the female employees. In this case the appearance of nude an partially clad women created relationships in the workplace suggesting injustice, exploitation, and harm to others (127). The suppliers lacked the value that an ethic of care requires. If pictures of women were distributed to the male workers, then why weren’t pictures of men...