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I started working for IBM in 1985. There was a rule that if a manager was meeting alone with a member of the opposite sex, the manager’s office door had to stay open.

Where I work now, all managers’ offices have one entire wall that’s made of glass, or if that’s not possible, the manager’s office door has a good-sized window in it.

We also now have an entire HR “Compliance” department whose only purpose is to investigate employee complaints about sexual harassment, general harassment, bullying behavior, etc.

I am actually glad we have this department because they thoroughly investigate and deal with abusive and sleazy employees—front line and management. They look at EVERYTHING when they investigate: video from hidden security cameras, emails, content in company cell phones and computers, social media activity, lots of witness interviews.

There was a nasty @sshole I had to work with for years, he was a classic workplace bully, treated me and a lot of other employees very badly. There was probably 6 or 7 times when I went to my management (men) and to his management (men). All the men shrugged their shoulders and made excuses for his bad behavior(literally: “He’s not all bad,” “He’s the best engineer we have,” blah blah BLAH ) About 8 years ago he bullied and humiliated me in front of others for the last time. I went to my new manager, a woman, and she was horrified by this guy’s behavior and the fact that his good old boy network repeatedly looked the other way. She made sure HR investigated this bully, and he “retired” within three months of the investigation.