While Approaching a Group of Colleagues, Patrice Overheard What She

Multiple Choice

While approaching a group of colleagues, Patrice overheard what she believed were inappropriate comments about another team member's physical attributes. Patrice mentioned the comments to her manager and indicated she was uncomfortable with colleagues speaking in that way in the workplace. As her manager, how should you respond?

A) Suggest to Patrice that spreading negative information learned from eavesdropping is not healthy for the workplace.
B) Thank Patrice for speaking up and forward the item to a neutral third party for handling.
C) Immediately fire the team members who made the comments.
D) Contact the team member who was the subject of the comments to see if he or she was offended.
E) Thank Patrice for her input, but based on the harmlessness of the situation, take no further action.