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In a public article that gained the attention of many over the summer, a female Disney employee told her story where she was blamed for being raped by a male employee by a certified counselor and a personnel in Employee Relations from the company.

<http://www.xojane.com/it-happened-to-me/disney-rape>

As a company who prizes its culture to provide a rewarding, inclusive, and supportive work environment (http://disneycareers.com/en/working-here/culture-diversity/), Disney’s treatment of this incident certainly causes controversy. With the company’s Human Resources division appearing to trivialize sexual harassment towards the female employees, this can lead to the reduction of employee’s affective commitment, job satisfaction, and lead to the creation of employee deviation and unethical practices in the workplace. On another angle, such dismissive actions by the counselors and personnel from Employee Relations may not reflect the overall attitude of Disney’s treatment of such cases. Their actions could have been influenced by their own cultural background, beliefs, values, and experiences. However, it is disappointing that Disney did not take more measures to help this victim.

Additionally, this blogger commented on the above case and also compiled other situations where it shows that Disney does have a tendency to put sexual harassment blames on victims. Her input is useful as it validates the original article I found and adds more insight into the situation. <http://bellejarblog.wordpress.com/2013/06/19/disneys-rape-problem/>