I've never fit into the corporate mold , i just don't care much what other people are saying - I hadn't realized that "hot chocolate" could be considered
harassment - I probably need diversity training
http://twitchy.com/sd-3133/2016/05/19/dying-laughing-guy-who-live-tweeted-mandatory-diversity-training-session-might-be-our-new-hero-and-yours-pics/
My "corporate" Sexual Harassment/EO training has all been in the Military. And there's another thread going on that, that I'm avoiding comment in. Whether or not an individual agrees with where the lines are drawn, each organization (at least one anywhere near as large as Fox News) does draw lines on what is considered Sexual Harassment. There is also an actual definition, based on lost court cases.
If you are on the bottom, you can "not care what people are saying", although people surely care what you are saying. If, however, you are in any kind of leadership position it's your responsibility to care about things like that, and enforce the organization's rules. If O'Reilly said that, his producers should have stomped on him. Not only does it open Fox news to exactly what happened, allowing the anyone to operate on their own rules undermines the whole organization.
Were I to hear one of my soldiers refer to another like that, I would write them up at the first offense, and were it repeated I would refer them to higher, and recommend UCMJ action. Not as a CYA, but because no one in my organization should have to deal with being reduced to a sexual (and racial) caricature.