Other than emotional effects, issues that occur due to harassment may also affect company success. A study conducted at the University of Illinois found that harassment and generalized workplace harassment were related to increased odds of illness, injury, or assault. This was found to be true irrespective of other workplace stressors.
Moreover, issues such as harassment are troublesome in the sense that they directly disrupt the successful functioning of a workplace. Simple principles of the workplace dictate the need for teamwork, cooperation, and positive interaction. In a hostile work environment this cannot occur, and for this reason, all individuals in the workplace, and the work it produces, can suffer.
