{"id":3598,"date":"2017-11-15T01:20:13","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T01:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2017\/11\/15\/how-long-until-a-procurement-sexual-harassment-claim-makes-the-news\/"},"modified":"2023-05-31T05:40:41","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T09:40:41","slug":"long-procurement-sexual-harassment-claim-makes-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/long-procurement-sexual-harassment-claim-makes-news\/","title":{"rendered":"How Long Until A Procurement Sexual Harassment Claim Makes The News?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There has been a seeming unprecedented number of news stories in the past month dealing with sexual harassment, misconduct and\/or assault.\u00a0 It&#8217;s quite disturbing.<\/p>\n<p>The accused represent a wide swath of society:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hollywood film producer,\u00a0Harvey Weinstein<\/li>\n<li>Immensely successful comedian, Louis C.K.<\/li>\n<li>Small town fire chief, Aaron Powell<\/li>\n<li>Former U.S. president, George H.W. Bush<\/li>\n<li>Countless others of virtually every stripe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Though their professions are varied, there is one thing the accused have in common:\u00a0 They are men in a position of power over their accusers.<\/p>\n<p>In procurement negotiation discussions, the idea\u00a0of &#8220;leveraging your power&#8221; comes up often.\u00a0 And that is not a bad thing.\u00a0 But <em>abusing<\/em> your power is a bad thing.\u00a0 And abusing your power with sexual implications has no place anywhere, much less in a discipline trying to elevate its professionalism.<\/p>\n<p>Frankly, in my two decades in procurement, I&#8217;ve never witnessed or even heard of a procurement practitioner abusing his or her power in a sexual way.\u00a0 But, when you see all of the sexual harassment stories in the news and the previously perceived professionalism of some of the accused, it is not difficult to imagine that it has happened.<\/p>\n<p>Let me be clear:\u00a0 nothing sexual should ever be stated or implied in a procurement professional&#8217;s communications.\u00a0 Ever.<\/p>\n<p>No inappropriate touching should ever occur in a procurement professional&#8217;s interactions.\u00a0 Ever.<\/p>\n<p>If the headlines are any indication, offenses can and will be brought out into the open.\u00a0 Some of us may have a sexual sense of humor or flirty personality in our personal lives.\u00a0 But it is important to never allow that off-the-clock persona appear in the context of your procurement work.<\/p>\n<p>Be careful.\u00a0 Abuse of power is not tolerated in today&#8217;s society.\u00a0 And it shouldn&#8217;t be.<\/p>\n<p><b>Recommended Reading:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/2015-nlpas-review-of-a-great-year-in-procurement\/\" aria-label=\"\u201c2015:  NLPA\u2019s Review of a Great Year in Procurement\u201d (Edit)\">2015: NLPA\u2019s Review of a Great Year in Procurement<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/3-lessons-from-the-justin-bieber-doll-supply-chain\/\" aria-label=\"\u201c3 Lessons From The Justin Bieber Doll Supply Chain\u201d (Edit)\">3 Lessons From The Justin Bieber Doll Supply Chain<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/3-procurement-strategy-components\/\" aria-label=\"\u201c3 Procurement Strategy Components\u201d (Edit)\">3 Procurement Strategy Components<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/3-steps-not-overlook-successful-sourcing\/\" aria-label=\"\u201c3 Steps Not to Overlook for Successful Sourcing\u201d (Edit)\">3 Steps Not to Overlook for Successful Sourcing<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/the-3-way-match\/\" aria-label=\"\u201c3-Way Match\u201d (Edit)\">3-Way Match<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/34-procurement-experts-predict-2015-trends\/\" aria-label=\"\u201c34 Procurement Experts Predict 2015 Trends\u201d (Edit)\">34 Procurement Experts Predict 2015 Trends<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/5-steps-to-cost-savings-webcast\/\" aria-label=\"\u201c5 Steps To Cost Savings Webcast\u201d (Edit)\">5 Steps To Cost Savings Webcast<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There has been a seeming unprecedented number of news stories [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":4098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-procurement"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.4 (Yoast SEO v19.13) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How Long Until A Procurement Sexual Harassment Claim Makes The News? 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