However, this option is ethically deplorable. Lavonda would have Soo-Chin's eventual misery on her conscience in addition to everything else.
On the other hand, Lavonda can take her chances with pressing formal charges against Allen. This option comes with the possibility that Lavonda will walk away with less than nothing. If the case against Allen goes the way Karline seems to think it will, not only will Lavonda lose her job, but she will also lose the ability to get another job in the same field. If the case against Allen goes Lavonda's way, not only will Lavonda be able to continue her career in a promising position without the undue pressue Allen has put on her, but she will also save future young ladies from the same type of situation that she has been through. Lavonda's final option is to walk away from the job without doing anything. This option would leave Lavonda without a job, but there is a chance that Allen would not poison the ears of his colleagues in other companies. This would give Lavonda...
Not only that, but Allen has created a legally hostile work environment by behaving as he has. By continually making sexually suggestive comments to Lavonda, even after she made it perfectly clear that she did not want to be involved with him sexually, Allen has sexually harassed Lavonda. Allen has exacerbated this potential sexual harassment claim by also groping Lavonda in a sexual manner.
By attempting to bribe Lavonda with a promotion, Allen has created a legally hostile work environment. Allen has put Lavonda in a position where she has to choose between operating in accordance with the law and doing her job. Allen is essentially making Lavonda break the law if she is going to keep her job; if she will not break the law, she will lose her job. By putting Lavonda in this situation, Allen has made Lavonda's work environment hostile.
