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[quote=Anonymous]Small professional services firm. One of the male partners recently put the moves on a female partner. It was physical and aggressive and he didn't take "no" for an answer until way longer than reasonable. The female partner is upset and furious, but does not want to take further action.  Then, it came out that the same partner conducted himself similarly with one of their staff employees.  This employee is in a clearly subordinate position and didn't report the incident until the female partner came forward.  Clearly, this is unacceptable to everyone in the group, but they do not have a policy on sexual harassment and are struggling to figure out how to handle this.  Technically, the subordinate is employed by the parent management company, which manages back-office services for this professional services group as well as several other groups.  I think the group clearly has a moral obligation, but what are the legal obligations here?  Potential ramifications?  If they ask the employee to report the incident to the board of the parent company but she refuses, what then?  [/quote]

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