Pamplin co-hosts speaker series: Equity Now

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Legal scholar discusses sexual harassment and the future of workplace culture


The Pamplin College of Business is co-sponsoring Equity Now, a speaker series on race, gender, and the role of law and policy in facilitating equality, fairness, and inclusion in organizations.

We invite you to join us now for the next speaker, Leora Eisenstadt, associate professor of Legal Studies and Murray Shusterman Research Fellow, Fox School of Business, Temple University, for her talk, “#MeToo and Beyond: Sexual Harassment and the Future of American Workplace Culture.”

Please register here for this online event.

On 1986, the Supreme Court defined sexual harassment in a case called Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson, which involved allegations of coerced sexual intercourse. Beginning in 2017, the #MeToo Movement again focused attention on the role sexual harassment plays in the workplace and society more generally with a flood of allegations against figures in media, government, Hollywood, and corporate America. Now, almost five years later, we can begin to reflect on the ways in which this movement altered or left intact workplace norms and the role of the law in making progress or hindering it. Professor Eisenstadt will review the legal history and theory of sexual harassment, explore the implications of the #MeToo Movement, discuss recent efforts to use technology to detect and prevent harassment, and provide recommendations for business leaders to create healthy workplace cultures.

The EQUITY NOW Speaker Series is produced by University of Connecticut School of Business in coordination with the Academy of Legal Studies in Business, Virginia Tech Pamplin School of Business, Indiana University Kelley School of Business, and Temple University Fox School of Business.

For more information about the series, please contact Janine Hiller, Professor of Business Law and Sorensen Professor in Finance, Virginia Tech, jhiller@vt.edu.