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The supervisor did it. Yep, you’ve concluded that he sent unwanted texts to his subordinate telling her she looked “beautiful.”  Maybe even stopped by her hotel room unannounced one night at a conference for a “nightcap”. While the subordinate’s career does not appear to have been harmed in the legal sense (i.e. there’s no “tangible employment action”), you’ve concluded that there was something “inappropriate” that happened. (And let’s state the obvious: harm can exist even outside the “tangible employment action” context — that’s an issue for another post.) So, back the the issue of the day — something “inappropriate” happened; maybe even something that meets the legal definition of “sexual harassment”. What then? Firing? Perhaps. But what if you conclude that a lesser type of sanction is warranted?  Can you do that? If so, what’s the stand...