Talk:Sexual misconduct

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Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT (talk) 03:29, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

Is consensual sex with one's boss really universally considered unethical?
In the article it states "In legal sense, for a person in a position of authority it includes in particular any sexual activity between him or her and one of his or her subordinates.". I'm not so sure that every legal systems defines any sexual activity between a boss and a employee as a form of sexual misconduct. In some cases, the issue of one of professional ethics rather then the law. In others, it may be neither, with simply some individuals advocating against such a relationship but no clear ethical or legal issue at stake. It probably also depends on the society where the sexual relationship took place as to how it's viewed. The section misstates current law on the issue when states "This commonly includes teachers and their students, clergy and their congregants, doctors and their patients, and employers and their employees. While such activity is usually not explicitly illegal, it is often against professional ethical codes. For example, a teacher may be fired and a doctor may have his or her medical license revoked because of sexual misconduct.". Currently some instances of consensual sexual relationship between teachers and their students, clergy and their congregants, doctors and their patients, and employers and their employees, are illegal under the laws of some countries/jurisdictions, and are not just an ethical violation. Note that some kinds of sexual misconduct are merely violations of ethical rules set down by all major professional organizations for a field such as medical, legal, or educational organizations. Some ethics rules may not be as universal accepted yet. For example, I'm not sure that "sleeping with your boss" (consensually) is automatically considered a ethical violation worldwide. Maybe I'm wrong about that, but If I am then it should be no problem to cite reliable sources that support that claim. --Notcharliechaplin (talk) 19:52, 28 January 2018 (UTC)

See also deletion
An editor made this see also deletion, deleting an entity that handles sexual misconduct - very oddly, referring to the MOS, which clarifies that it is an appropriate see also. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sexual_misconduct&diff=prev&oldid=1029404703

I've therefore restored it. --2603:7000:2143:8500:31E2:234C:2CBC:F9F4 (talk) 05:41, 21 June 2021 (UTC)
 * The name of the Org appears nowhere in this article, prose or citation. Clearly there are multiple support and oversite Orgs involved in addressing misconduct issues. While written in English, this is obviously not the US wikipedia. The ongoing insertion of only this US-funded Org into multiple, general topic articles unrelated to the narrow charter of this Org might have the appearance of COI or PROMO. UW Dawgs (talk) 06:53, 25 June 2021 (UTC)

Definition
I've attempted to cobble together a broad definition of this term more and more frequently used in the media. The general sense I've gotten is without any one authority saying it's "undefined" it's fairly undefined. I'd love to generate more discussion on this. CaffeinAddict (talk) 00:40, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

Draft article
This draft article - awaiting approval - is very much in the news today. Draft:Peter Foley (snowboarding) 2603:7000:2101:AA00:11B7:346D:E7B2:CD58 (talk) 21:38, 9 August 2023 (UTC)