Card 37 / 54: In Faragher v. City of Boca Raton, the U.S. Supreme Court determined that
A)
Two supervisors were acting within the scope of their employment when they created an abusive working environment, and therefore their employer could be held liable under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.
B)
Two supervisors were not acting within the scope of their employment when they created an abusive working environment, and therefore their employer could not be held liable under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.
C)
The employer was liable under a vicarious liability theory to a victimized employee for an actionable hostile environment created by the supervisors with immediate or successively higher authority over the plaintiff employee.
D)
None of the above.
Answer:
C) The employer was liable under a vicarious liability theory to a victimized employee for an actionable hostile environment created by the supervisors with immediate or successively higher authority over the plaintiff employee.
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