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... > social science subjects > sociology > social problems > social problems encyc > gender inequality and sexual orientation > hostile environment

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hostile environment  

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  • Hostile environment is a concept describing a workplace environment that has become intolerable to an employee, due to treatment based on that employee's race, ethnicity, sex, religion, or ability. The idea that some employees suffer discrimination in the form of a “hostile environment” developed in the context of struggles for workplace equality. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Problems; Hostile Environment]

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