If necessary or possible, dramatic shifts in the organizational culture could prepare the future workforce for a harassment-free environment. The need for more females in positions of power remains one of the greatest stumbling blocks to eliminating sexual harassment. A naturalistic approach to educational intervention would emphasize how females in the workplace could overcome obstacles such as unequal pay and inequitable distributions of power. However, the approach most suitable for an educational intervention focusing on gender in the workplace would be a critical one. A critical intervention strategy focuses on the "political and ideological activity connected with social inequalities in society as a whole," ("The Nature and Context of Program Planning" p. 4). Given that large-scale transformations of organizational culture are outside the realm of the current educational intervention, a critical approach at least raises awareness about the global context...

Of course, sexual harassment is not limited to the workplace. Gender inequities are endemic to almost all societies on the planet. An adult education intervention can capitalize on scholastic research to illustrate the extent to which gender inequality plagues the modern world.
When sexual harassment is placed within a global context, the issue becomes far more meaningful for the adult learners. Participants should be able to share their experiences with harassment, their concerns about behavioral constraints and sanctions, and also offer suggestions for corporate policy. The lawsuit should be viewed as a wake-up call for the organization. The organization has an opportunity to revolutionize its workforce by improving the status of women in the company.

References

Cookson, Knowles, Nadler & Nadler. "Prototypical Program Planning Models."

The Nature and Context of Program Planning."