Khoa Nguyen

Professor: James Powell

MGMT 520

10/03/2015

You Decide

Q1: Write a memo to the Teddy’s Supplies CEO advising him of the following:

a) The case facts

b) The decisions/proceedings to date

c) The company’s potential for liability, and under what laws

d) The worst-case damages that could be imposed

To: Ted Moore, CEO and Founder of Teddy’s Supplies

From: Independent Human Resources Consultant

Subject: Appeal on Pollard Case

The reason why I write this memo is to respond to your request for the facts regarding to the alleged sexual harassment of Virginia Pollard case and the possible liability that Teddy’s Supplies could be facing. Moreover, I strongly believe that you should know specifically which liabilities you are exposed to, the likelihood of being found liable, and the worst case damages that could be given to Ms. Pollard. She would argue that there was a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which forbids sexual discrimination in the workplace, which may lead her to state that your workplace is a hostile environment. This is defined as discrimination in the form of foul physical and verbal conduct which is related to her constitutionally protected classification. To support this position, Pollard will raise the case Faragaher v. City of Boca Raton in which the court can find out that Teddy’s Supplies will be liable for the conduct of its employees.

Mr. Steve King, your new warehouse supervisor, did create such a hostile work environment around Pollard which included elements of sexual harassment. This would include any pranks in which she was the victim in the warehouse and sign posted on a truck that read “Hardhat required/bra optional”. Steve King created an environment where Pollard could be uncomfortable. The Teddy’s Supplies sexual harassment policy, which stated