/9918578/Banner

/9918578/Banner_2

/9918578/Mid

section

articleId

product

orgType

parrefer

accountID

Consulting

Banking

Accounting

Fintech

Internships

Rankings

Internship Rankings

Intern Resource Center

Explore Internships

Vault Law Home

Practice Area Resource Centers

Regional Resource Centers

Summer Program Resource Center

Vault Law Culture & Inclusion Survey

Vault Law

Guides

Events

Financial Services

Technology

Grad School

Work Relationships

Productivity

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Social Impact

Remote Work

Negotiating

Changing Jobs

Workplace Issues

Blog

Resume Samples

Cover Letter Samples

Interview Tips & Questions

A Day in the Life

International

Career Readiness

Explore Professions

Research Industries

Search Companies

Career Advice

Employers

Schools

&lt;p&gt;In all of the commentary surrounding the Harvey Weinstein allegations, solutions to workplace harassment and sexual assault have been notably thin on the ground. In fact, it&#39;s easier to find obstacles than solutions, as I discovered &lt;a rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot; href=&quot;/blogs/workplace-issues/workplace-harassment-lessons-from-harvey-weinstein&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;last week&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The key problem: entrenched power structures that allow men in positions of authority to act with impunity, safe in the knowledge that they&#39;re unlikely to be touched for as long as they can exert control. The result: situations like the Weinstein case, which only come to light after decades of abuses, despite the almost certain knowledge of lots of people around Weinstein.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The good news, according to Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, is that the public fallout may prove to be a turning point that both encourages victims of other harassers to come forward, and helps to prevent future harassment from occurring.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the short video below, from the &lt;em&gt;Wall Street Journal,&lt;/em&gt; Sandberg lays out her thoughts on the issue, noting that &quot;We can&#39;t tolerate Harvey Weinstein-like behavior. It&#39;s not just about him. It&#39;s not just about the other men that do it. It&#39;s about all the people around them that know and don&#39;t do anything.&quot; &#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe width=&quot;512&quot; height=&quot;288&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; webkitallowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; mozallowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot; marginheight=&quot;0&quot; marginwidth=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://video-api.wsj.com/api-video/player/v3/iframe.html?guid=23FA882B-3378-49B2-BBBB-BCB4C1F01C2E&amp;amp;shareDomain=null&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The solution, says Sandberg, is to be found in the public glare: &quot;I think this should never happen. When it does happen and someone loses their job and is publicly embarrassed, I think that&#39;s great—not because I want that to happen to anyone, but because I think the only deterrent for other people is to see that there are disastrous consequences. And there need to be the same consequences for the people that tolerate it around those people. And I think we are going to get there.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Image credit:&#160;&lt;a rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/15237218@n00&quot; class=&quot;external text&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;World Economic Forum&lt;/a&gt; from Cologny, Switzerland - &lt;a rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/worldeconomicforum/5397056271/&quot; class=&quot;external text&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Sheryl Sandberg - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2011&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0&quot; title=&quot;creative commons attribution-share alike 2.0&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;CC BY-SA 2.0&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12849199&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Link to image&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

Phil Stott

Article

Workplace Harassment: Lessons from Harvey Weinstein

How to Deal with Conflict at Work

Every Woman Needs a Manager Who Does This One Thing

The Library