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physically threatening or humiliating, or a mere offensive utterance; and whether it unreasonably interferes with an employee's work performance." Faragher, 524 U.S. at 787-88. Simple teasing, offhand comments, and isolated incidents (unless extremely serious), do not amount to a hostile or abusive wor

8. Simple teasing, offhand comments, and isolated incidents (unless extremely serious), do not amount to a hostile or abusive work environment. See Faragher, 524 U.S. at 788. Title VII is not "a general civility code." Id. For all of the reasons below, the comments and conduct alleged by the complainant

ctively offensive, one that a reasonable person would find hostile or abusive, and one that the victim in fact did perceive to be so.' Id. (quoting Faragher v. City of Boca Raton, 524 U.S. 777, 787 (1998)). Courts determine whether an environment is sufficiently hostile or abusive by looking at all the c

ittee ultimately found that the professor had "used his position and influence as a teacher to exploit students for his private advantage." Id. The Seventh Circuit held that "the reasons for his termination were adequate...and 5 We have excluded very old, outdated cases in which the alleged "immorality" or "mor

within the ken of prosecutorial discretion." 818 F.3d at 742. The 2 Presumably, U.S. Airways was relying upon the affirmative defense identified in Faragher v. City of Boca Raton 524 U.S. 775 (1998), where an employer avoids liability under Title VII if: (I) it exercised reasonable care to prevent and c

ative or corrective opportunities if provided. 5 EFTA00601686 Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 421 Entered on FLSD Docket 08/25/2017 Page 6 of 11 Seventh Circuit observed, "[h]ow the United States reaches its litigating positions, who said what to whom within the prosecutor's office, and so on, are for the At

within the ken of prosecutorial discretion." 818 F.3d at 742. The 2 Presumably, U.S. Airways was relying upon the affirmative defense identified in Faragher v. City of Boca Raton 524 U.S. 775 (1998), where an employer avoids liability under Title VII if: (I) it exercised reasonable care to prevent and c

ative or corrective opportunities if provided. 5 EFTA00799968 Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 421 Entered on FLSD Docket 08/25/2017 Page 6 of 11 Seventh Circuit observed, "[h]ow the United States reaches its litigating positions, who said what to whom within the prosecutor's office, and so on, are for the At