It is the policy of WIDGET Corporation to maintain an employment atmosphere free of any pressures on employees relating to sexual harassment. Consistent with applicable federal and state laws, the WIDGET Corporation endorses the objective that employees be free of situations where sexual considerations form the basis for business decisions. .

             Sexual harassment may be described as unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other physical, visual, or verbal behavior of a sexual nature where: .

             1. Submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual's employment; .

             2. Submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as the basis for employment decisions affecting the individual; or, .

             3. Such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual's professional performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or demeaning employment environment. .

             Other forms of Sexual harassment are any unwanted or uninvited behavior of a sexual nature, which makes a person feel humiliated, intimidated or offended. Sexual harassment can take many different forms and may include physical contact, verbal comments, jokes, propositions, the display of offensive material or other behavior, which creates a sexually hostile working environment. Sexual harassment can occur between men and women; women and other women; and men and other men.

             Sexual harassment will not be tolerated at WIDGET, and employees who engage in such conduct are subject to the full range of the WIDGET's disciplinary policies.

             PROCEDURE FOR THE FILING COMPLAINTS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT.

             I. Introduction .

             WIDGET has issued a policy statement condemning sexual harassment as violation of its own standards and those of applicable federal and state law. This procedure provides the structure for the filing and resolution of complaints of sexual harassment relating to the employment life of its employees.