Sexual harassment includes comments, gestures, or physical contacts of a sexual nature that are deliberate, repeated, and unwelcome; submission to the conduct can be a condition of employment and may involve quid pro quo.

• A. Unrelated to employment decisions
• B. Compliments about appearance occasionally
• C. Deliberate, repeated and unwelcome acts including quid pro quo and used in making employment decisions
• D. Occasional jokes with no effect

Answer: (C)

Sexual harassment in the workplace involves unwanted sexual conduct that is purposeful and recurring and that can influence employment outcomes. The best choice captures all of that: it describes deliberate, repeated, and unwelcome acts and notes that they can be tied to employment decisions, including quid pro quo. The other options don’t fit because they either imply no impact on work decisions, or they describe conduct that is not clearly persistent or problematic (a one-time compliment or jokes with no effect). This item emphasizes how coercive power dynamics can make employment benefits contingent on sexual behavior, which is the core issue of harassment.