Abstract
Workplace sexual harassment is deviant and detrimental to victims and organisations. Based on a golden rule principle, this paper argues that sexual harassment is opposed to universal principles of goodwill towards others. Hence, it is an immoral behaviour. Leaders have a role to play in ensuring it becomes non-existent. Following the synthesis and thematic analysis of secondary data, four themes emerged, which showed that sexual harassment has no positive aspects. Instead, it has negative physical, behavioural and psychological impacts on victims, who are mostly women. The issue of misuse of power and gender inequality also plays a role in enabling sexual harassment, particularly in the African context, where most nations have a high power-distance culture. The study offers relevant recommendations for tackling workplace sexual harassment, particularly by promoting moral development amongst organisational members using the golden rule principle and cultivating an ethical climate and zero tolerance for sexual harassment. All organisational members are encouraged to join the fight against sexual harassment by first considering themselves in the situation as the harassed and speaking up against such deviant behaviours.