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Unethical auction site eBay sued by Employee for Sexual Harassment, Conspiracy
07-29-2006, 07:49 AM,
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Unethical auction site eBay sued by Employee for Sexual Harassment, Conspiracy
Quote: A Salt Lake County man is suing eBay Inc. for nearly $4.9 million, claiming he was unfairly demoted and then sexually harassed by his replacement and new supervisor...

Kepas, 45, says he was replaced by Susan Dutton, a woman eight years younger. Not long after, Kepas claims, Dutton began exhibiting inappropriate sexual behavior that allegedly escalated to office advances and an invitation to her home.

Kepas, married and the father of six children, says he asked for a transfer but was refused. He then reported the incidents to eBay's internal ethics hot line. Dutton, he says, retaliated by trying to redistribute his stock options.

He contends the hostile working environment and associated stress led to the onset of a hearing disorder, tinnitus, in August 2005. The condition got progressively worse. By February, Kepas was in counseling for depression, anxiety and insomnia, and began having difficulties breathing...

An example of eBay's unethical behavior:

Quote: eBay has refused to discuss his claims against the company unless he does so without his attorney.

full article: http://www.sltrib.com/business/ci_4110278
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07-29-2006, 01:50 PM,
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eBay has refused to discuss his claims against the company unless he does so without his attorney.


NO WAY!  That seems too low... even for eBay. 
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07-29-2006, 02:21 PM,
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Hearing loss due to sexual harassment? Did she stick something in his ear?
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07-29-2006, 03:16 PM, (This post was last modified: 07-29-2006, 05:17 PM by xppman.)
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Anyone seen my spare pair of SOCKS?  :blinkie:
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[quote author=landofsmiles link=topic=4546.msg18979#msg18979 date=1154182867]
Hearing loss due to sexual harassment? Did she stick something in his ear?
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That did it!  How the Heck am I sposed to clean cranrasberry juice outta my keyboard flat screen speakers?  >Sad 

I'll get even, Bob!
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07-29-2006, 05:17 PM,
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Ha ha .  Happy001
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07-29-2006, 05:34 PM,
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[quote author=Anita link=topic=4546.msg18978#msg18978 date=1154181054]
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eBay has refused to discuss his claims against the company unless he does so without his attorney.


NO WAY!  That seems too low... even for eBay. 
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Seems typical of how eBay has operated for years.  eBay's legal department is full of unethical scumbags who will use any dirty trick in the book to win, and eBay treats its lower level employees the same way it treats sellers.
"Well, Jay was so giddy that someone named Jay was involved with this site we posted our first non-eBay listing in 3 years here at Lunarbid (we tried two items at Yahoo once upon a time, they bombed)" -Marie posting in a LunarBid thread at OTWA in 2005 wins the award for 'most moronic reason ever given for choosing a venue"

"thanks twat u must have nothing better 2 do. do u talk to all your members like that. will not be recomending your site.
best way to put it is TULIPTOOLS.COM IS REALLY SHIT. DONT JOIN." -pubescent owner of rinky dink off2auction.com in 2011
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[quote author=bargainbloodhound link=topic=4546.msg18985#msg18985 date=1154194458]
[quote author=Anita link=topic=4546.msg18978#msg18978 date=1154181054]
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eBay has refused to discuss his claims against the company unless he does so without his attorney.


NO WAY!  That seems too low... even for eBay. 
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Seems typical of how eBay has operated for years.  eBay's legal department is full of unethical scumbags who will use any dirty trick in the book to win, and eBay treats its lower level employees the same way it treats sellers.
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Yeah, I know.  I swear I am never going to be shocked by anything eBay does ever again... but I always am!
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Re: Unethical auction site eBay sued by Employee for Sexual Harassment, Conspiracy
Update:

Quote:Lawyer Says eBay Won't Talk in Discrimination Lawsuit Case

Scott Crook of Smith Hartvigsen PLLC, the law firm suing eBay on behalf of eBay employee Emmanuel Kepas, said he and his client have wanted to have sit down discussions or mediation with eBay, but eBay has never been willing to do that. Crook said there has only been communication between attorneys in the form of letters.

Crook said he has been trying to work something out with eBay, and his client wants to give his side of the story. But, he said, eBay will not meet with Kepas if counsel is present. "I don't know why they would not want us to be there," he said...

full article: http://auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y06/m08/i01/s03

Quote:This lawsuit is one to watch closely. In my practice, I have seen a rise in the number of allegations by male workers against female supervisors for sexual harassment. The allegations often put men in an awkward position since society expects males to be able to deal with sexual-type comments. However, the law applies equally to protect men against sexual harassment by women...

full article: http://internetandclassactionlaw.blogspot.com/
copy of lawsuit: http://www.collinslaw.com/blogdocs/ebay.pdf
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