Concept information
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social history of crime
courts, corrections, punishments
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court cases
Preferred term
Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services
Definition
- At issue in Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services (1998) was whether an employer could be liable for same-sex sexual harassment. Even though Oncale was not set in a school context, the U.S. Supreme Court's holding that such a claim is actionable should be instructive for all educators.Facts of the CaseJoseph Oncale worked for Sundowner Offshore Services as a roustabout on a Chevron Oil Company oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, as one member of an eight-man crew. [Source: Encyclopedia of Education Law; Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services]
Broader concept
Belongs to group
Date
- 1998
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Oncale_v._Sundowner_Offshore_Services
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