Civil rights laws provide numerous examples where individuals are protected by the law. This document provides simple examples of civil and criminal defense laws, briefly describing some civil rights laws and the ways in which these laws can be used to improve or understand citizens' rights. First, the student describes the sexual harassment law, which is explained simply but is still violated. Second, the student explains defamation, intimidation, discrimination, and at-will employment. Finally, the student describes specific company procedures, policies, and actions that companies should implement to avoid harassment within their organizations. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is specific to this case regarding Marwan's conduct and is clearly stated in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. This regulation protects employees from discrimination in the workplace on the basis of sex, race, creed, of origin and religion and applies to all employers, whether local, state or national. Organizations that employ fifteen or more employees must comply with this regulation (Civil Rights Act, n.d.). According to this law, a commission called the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was established to protect individuals in conflict with discrimination and enforce this, as well as other relevant laws such as discrimination. Workplace discrimination has existed for a long time and was initiated by US authorities after hearing several cases of harassment. Discrimination law protects job applicants, employers and employees. The law establishes that no employer can make a hiring decision solely on the basis of the candidate's race, origin, sex, handicap and cannot favor any...... middle of paper .... ..ith touching her breasts and other body parts and secondly he even threatened to date them otherwise he would get them fired. Both of these cases fall under the scope of this sexual harassment law. Civil rights law prohibits an employer from discriminating on the basis of sex (Title VII Statute, n.d.). The sexual harassment clause is covered by this sexual factor. There are two types of sexual advances. One, when the employer asks the employee to return sexual favors under conditions of employment. These favors could be verbal, nonverbal, or physical. They could be explicit or implicit in nature. This type of sexual harassment is called Quid Pro Quo sexual harassment under the law (EEOC, n.d.). The second type of sexual harassment involves creating an unfriendly and unworking environment for the employee, i.e. creating an environment hostile to work. In