Sexual Harassment Versus Workplace Romance: Social Media Spillover and Textual Harassment in the Workplace
综述职场恋情与性骚扰政策文献，讨论社交媒体政策、法律视角和隐私问题，提出“爱情合同”概念以帮助人力资源和法律专家应对社交媒体溢出和办公室恋情带来的骚扰风险。
“Textual harassment”—sending offensive or inappropriate text messages to coworkers—is on the rise (Baldas, 2009; Hunton & Williams LLP, 2009; Parker-Pope, 2011). Contemporary social media technologies (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, blogs, Instagram, Foursquare) carry numerous risks associated with personal and professional connectivity, privacy, and intimacy, and these risks require a new look at policy formulation concerning the boundaries of workplace romance versus harassment in the Internet age. This article includes a review of the relevant literature on workplace romance and sexual harassment policies, and discusses evolving social media policies, legal perspectives, and privacy issues. We advocate the concept of “love contracts” to aid human resource professionals, legal experts, and romantic couples concerning the risks of social media spillover and harassment from romance in the office.