This qualitative study examines the effectiveness of sexual harassment training programs within the United States Marine Corps. It points to dissatisfaction with existing training modalities and underlines the need for this to change if a culture of respect and responsibility were ever possible. Although these programs provide the necessary training to combat sexual harassment in theory, there is an overall perception discrepancy in how Marines interpret and understand the term sexual harassment, which affects command climate as a result of lower appearance on integrity violations by marines. Data were collected through semi-structured interview questions from 15 Marines stationed in a Headquarters Battalion for at least one year of duty to evaluate sexual harassment training programs and to retrieve recommendations for enhancing the effectiveness of their organizational human behaviors.
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