The Christian Science Monitor
This article explains the positive and negative effects of romantic relationships in the workplace. Most employers argue that these relationships are harmful to the organization, most often when the relationship is between a supervisor and a subordinate. "Suppose a manager has a romance with a subordinate. It breaks up. If he gives a promotion to the person he used to be dating, people might say he gave it to her in order to win her back. If he gives it to one of the other people, she can say, 'He didn't give it to me because I broke up with him,'" says Margaret Hart Edwards of Littler's San Francisco office.