Medical law and ethics- case study

Read Ethics issue 1 in your textbook page318

As you read the issue, consider the concepts and the topics taught throughout this chapter on Workplace Legalities. Examine the issues presented by the Case Study and craft a response to the questions below:

 

  • You are a surgical technologist in a large Hospital. Whenever you work with a certain surgeon, she tells off-color jokes to you and your coworkers and makes suggestive comments to workers of the opposite sex. One coworker tells you that he might quit his job because he is married, and the surgeon’s behavior makes him so uncomfortable that he dreads coming to work. Is the surgeon’s behavior illegal or simply in bad taste? Explain your answer.
  • Do you or your coworkers  in the previous situation have ground for sexual harassment complaint? Explain your answer