Lauren Kulpa was quoted in the Society for Human Resource Management article, "Reduce Summer Interns’ Vulnerability to Harassment," regarding reducing intern vulnerability to harassment. 

On day one, the employer needs to inform interns about how it expects them to behave during the summer and how the employer should behave toward them, said Lauren Kulpa, an attorney with Perkins Coie in Dallas.

Kulpa recommended that employers not have an event with alcohol if they have interns who are younger than 21 years old.

An intern might not say anything about witnessing or experiencing harassing or inappropriate behavior because he or she doesn't want to ruffle feathers. Or the intern may think that he or she doesn't have the same right as an employee to be free from workplace harassment, even though the intern does, Kulpa added.