Question

mary is a supervisor for pasta house, a restaurant. tom is a pasta house employee. the owner announces that some employees will be discharged. mary tells tom that for sexual favors, she will give him an excellent performance review and recommend a raise. this is
a) harassment on the basis of sexual orientation.
b) quid pro quo harassment.
c) hostile - environment harassment.
d) not harassment.

Explanation:

Quid pro quo harassment occurs when a supervisor makes job - related benefits (such as a good performance review and raise) conditional on an employee providing sexual favors. Here, Mary, the supervisor, is asking Tom for sexual favors in exchange for favorable work - related outcomes. This is not related to sexual orientation harassment as it's not based on Tom's sexual orientation. It's also not hostile - environment harassment which involves a pattern of offensive behavior creating an intimidating work environment.

Answer:

B. quid pro quo harassment