Implications of Food and Baverage Corporate Power Relations for Sexual Harassment Cases

Abstract

Industry development Food and Baverage industry in Indonesia shows rapid growth, this is evidenced by the statistical data of food and baverage business in 2022. This is evidenced by statistical data on food and baverage businesses in 2022 there were only 10,900 businesses. While in the year 2023 there was a high surge of 4, 854,311 businesses. This was accompanied by the high number of sexual harassement cases. According to the Ministry of PPA in 2023-2024 the number of sexual harassment reached 12,836-14,374. Survey data shows that 54.81% of perpetrators of sexual violence in the workplace are supervisors or senior colleagues. With a socio-legal approach and victimology approaches, this research analyzes how hierarchical inequality, work culture and the weakness of the reporting mechanism on the occurrence of sexual harassment. The findings show that hierarchical power relations strengthen the dominance of perpetrators, while victims tend to dare to report sexual harassment. dominance of the perpetrator, while victims tend not to dare to report because of the threat to career continuity. threat to career continuity. This research also highlights the form of corporate liability through the theory of vicarious liability as well as the importance of restitution and legal protection for victims. The result of his study recommend strengthening internal company regulations, socializing employee rights and establishing a safe and pro victim reporting system to prevent sexual harassment in the food and baverage industry sector.