I think we&#x27;re pretty much on the same page here tbh. As I also was told, and believe, that being careful about the words &quot;for cause&quot; is almost always the right thing to do. I think it&#x27;s pretty much only this series of steps that can get you into trouble:<p>1) Employee A claims that Employee B harassed them<p>2) Company doesn&#x27;t put in any effort to hear Employee B&#x27;s side of the story<p>3) Employee B is fired &quot;for cause&quot; for sexual harassment. Generally it&#x27;s also not just the words here. It also comes with things like &quot;no severance pay even though severance pay was typical for other fired employees.&quot;<p>4) It turns out that the original claim was bogus<p>In this specific scenario, the company could have problems.