Work Place Romance

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1. Summary of Law: Brief description of the law or issue (and who is affected/covered by it), using simple language and your own words. Office Behavior: Workplace Romance There are no laws that deal with the topic, workplace romance, specifically; however, there are both public and private sector laws in place that deal with privacy issues related to workplace romance and the potential effect of office romances on organizational performance. Public Sector law involves the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, who together work to protect a government employee's right to privacy. Similarly, the Fourth Amendment is another privacy affecting Amendment created to protect citizens from unreasonable search and seizures. Without these provisions of the U.S. Constitution in place, the rights of U.S. citizens would be subject to uncategorized search and seizures and violations of rights to privacy or, worse, the invasion thereof. According to Paul and Townsend (1998), “Privacy rights in private sector employment are limited”. They argue, “Discharging an employee because of his/her involvement with a coworker or an employee of a competitor may result in charges of breach of contract, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and intentional imposition of emotional distress”. Further detrimental to the rights of employees in the private sector is the potential for unequal enforcement of rules regulating personal relationships that may result in charges of discrimination (Paul and Townsend, 1998). 2. Relevance & Importance: Well-supported explanation of how and why this legal issue is important for you and your colleagues as current or future managers. Office romance has become as ubiquitous in American culture as has the introduction of homemade apple pie. According to Pakeeza, Haris and Sajjad (2011), workplace relationships

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