Employees at Vox Media Inc. aren’t happy about thisyear’s holiday party. The media company, whichemploys hundreds of journalists, decided to end its open-bar policyfollowing allegations of sexual harassment in the workplace. In lieu ofunlimited drinks, this year’s festivities will be heavy on horsd’oeuvres. “Don’t want to miss out on the more food,” oneemployee whined in a message to co-workers.

Emotions among three Vox staffers, all of whom requestedanonymity, ranged from annoyance to grudging acceptance.A few felt the drink limit unfairly punished everyone.Another felt babied, arguing that alcohol isn’t the root of sexualharassment and treating it as such sends the wrong message aboutwhether the company is serious about fixing the realproblem.

As sex misconduct allegations ripple acrossindustries, companies are starting to reckon with how theworkplace allows, or enables, inappropriate behavior. Thatmeans not only looking at structural issues, such as humanresource departments and sexual harassment training, butscrutinizing routine work events. And since it’s that time of year,the annual festivities have left a lot of employers strugglingwith what to do about this fraught holiday tradition.