12 Feb 10, Friday: Mumbai Mirror, Thursday, 11 Feb 10: page 8 – “harassed female PSI cries foul against senior”

A few days ago (9 Feb 10), we ran a blog on sexual harassment at the workplace and stressed on the need for employers taking on a much larger role and making the working environment safe for its most valuable resource – its people.

While it is an employer’s legal and moral responsibility to ensure safety of its employees, what would one say about the scope of that responsibility when it comes to law makers and enforcers themselves?  For a group the general public relies on for protection and safety, sexual harassment needs ‘zero tolerance’ classification.
The number of cases that one has seen in the recent times within the police force itself suggests an urgent need for sensitivity training and stringent action; the twin objectives being: prevention of such cases and a sensitive and appropriate handling of sexual harassment cases that come from the common man.

It’s time that the authorities stop relying on media pressure and start cleaning up the dirt within its ranks.