Corporate Romance

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

``The corporation, because it is one of the last outposts of male domination, is one of those areas where what is permissible among its male and female executives has not been adequately updated.'' As Westoff (The Second Time Around) shows, the new dynamics of sexual attraction in the workplace a la Cunningham and Agee have caught corporations unprepared, producing 19th centurylike reactions to office romancethe woman, usually, is fired. Westoff offers advice on working around these old attitudes: when love blossoms, keep it to yourselves and out of the office; be like Caesar's wife: above reproach. Guidelines for restructuring company policies, checklists for office sexual behavior, and an evenhanded, objective approach make this a realistic guide to uncharted territory. First serial to New Woman magazine. November 7

Library Journal

An interesting review of corporate discrimination, both formal and informal, related to real or imagined romance in the work place. Westoff examines the unwritten rules of the corporate culture concerning this issue through surveys, lawsuits, and incidents informally reported. Believing that the problem is not the romance but how such situations are handled by the corporation and the individual, she offers suggestions for office behavior, travel, and managers who discover romantic liaisons between employees. Useful reading for both management and individual employees. Mary K. Cary, Carlson Lib., Univ. of Toledo