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Discussion 5
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Discussion 5
Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite case
The Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite is a case in which the US appeal court in the 8th circuit affirmed the findings of the district court that the company which was an employer was liable of creating a hostile working environment that perpetrated sexual harassment against women (Mignon, 2013). This was a class of action which was made on behalf of some women. In the suit, the women demonstrated that the mines were sexualized against them as there was the use of highly abusive language and visuals which portrayed women as sexual objects. Although no remedies were ordered to specific victims, the court declared that there were both moral and ethical breaches which could have been avoided by the company.
The ethical breach in the case was the discrimination which was meted on women. The women were treated less favorably compared to men. The employer did not have proper procedures for the victims to forward their complaints (Mignon, 2013). Abusive language was also used against women. All these practices amounted to discrimination which is an ethical breach. This could have been avoided if the company had a policy against sexual discrimination and proper procedures for those affected to report.
The moral violation in the case occurred where there was the use of inappropriate visuals which depicted women as sexual objects. The depiction of women as sexual objects created a hostile environment and amounted to sexual harassment (Mignon, 2013).

This could have been avoided by having a policy in place to address the case of sexual harassment as well as proper mechanisms to resolve such incidents when they occur.
To conclude, the class action in the Jenson case raised serious issues of moral and ethical breach directed towards women. Fundamental among them was the moral breach on the discriminatory practices in the company which created a hostile working environment for the women. There was a clear moral breach when visuals were used to depict women as sexual objects. These were not proper business practices in the company which could have been avoided through an appropriate framework of policy.
Reference
Mignon, M. S. M. (2013). Women and mining: An analysis on women in subordinate position. Cultural Studies, 34(1), 4.
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