Race Discrimination Chapter Outline * Opening Scenarios * Statutory Basis * Surprised? * Background * General Considerations * Recognizing Race Discrimination * Racial Harassment * A Word about Color * The Reconstruction Civil Rights Acts * 42 U.S.C. Section 1981 * 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 * 42 U.S.C. Section 1985 * Management Tips * Summary * Chapter-End Questions Opening Scenarios SCENARIO 1 An employer has
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GENDER DISCRIMINATION OUTLINE I. Constitutional law A. Background: 100 years of discrimination > theme: law responding to gender discrepancies 1) Should men & women ever be treated differently under the law? a. Definition of equality: = choice/power/income i. Pay gap: women earn $0.74 for every $1.00 a man earns b. Linda Hershman article, Homeward Bound: Many educated & intelligent women decide to stay
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sexual harassment differs from person to person and depends on the severity of the incidence, but in all the cases is affects the well-being of a person and environment of an organization negatively. This form of intimidation is not new in Australian workplace. NSW Tribunal Observation says that “a person is sexually harassed if he or she is subjected to unsolicited and unwelcome sexual conduct by a person who stands in a position of power in relation to him or her”. [O’Callaghan v Loder (no 2) [1983]
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September 1, 2013 HRMG 5000 Diversity Reflections Tulsa, Oklahoma; home to one of the nation’s worst race riots has always been and still is a city divided by ethnicity. At one time Tulsa was so segregated and racist that it was the only city in America to brag about having segregated telephone booths. African American families lived on the North side of Tulsa, Native Americans resided mainly in West Tulsa, and Caucasin families lived on the South side. Since Blacks could not live among Whites are
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A corporate code of conduct is called a code of ethics or corporate compliance. A code of conduct is the core of a company’s internal foundation. It can motivate the workforce and give them a common framework and regulations on how to perform their jobs within the company’s vision. It is valuable to have a document that speaks to a company’s values and gets all employees on the same page, so to speak. Further, in a large company with employees in different locations, maybe even different countries
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GENDER DISCRIMINATION OUTLINE I. Constitutional law A. Background: 100 years of discrimination > theme: law responding to gender discrepancies 1) Should men & women ever be treated differently under the law? a. Definition of equality: = choice/power/income i. Pay gap: women earn $0.74 for every $1.00 a man earns b. Linda Hershman article, Homeward Bound: Many educated & intelligent women decide to stay
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Eastman Kodak Company agreed to pay $13 million in retroactive and current pay raises to 2,000 females and minority employees in New York and Colorado. The pay raise allocation was not in response to a threatened lawsuit or a settlement to a prior action. Employees had raise the issue when they complained to supervisors the year before, so Kodak conducted the study and determined it would make the raises, which did not prevent them from receiving their routine performance-based raises. All these were
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and best practices pertaining to ethical and diversity considerations. Based on these findings, the following proposal is presented to improve the strategic planning process. Diversity and ethics are buzzwords and are used frequently around the workplace. There are areas within both where making small changes could result in large benefits for the company’s HR strategic planning process. These considerations are important for the strategic plan because they encourage a positive company culture and
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Assignment 1 - Employment-At-Will Doctrine Michelle D. Payne Professor Diana Smith, Esq. Legal 500 - Law, Ethics and Corporate Governance October 27, 2012 Describe what steps you would take to address the following scenario involving skills, competence, and abilities: The employee seems to be unable to learn the computer applications that are basic to her job responsibilities, but, consistently “tells” her boss that she is “a good worker and a genius” and that he
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4 Works Cited 11 Abstract I am going to write about diversity and integration in the workplace and how it creates room for new ideas as well as the possibility of increased conflict. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the Fire Service, where new recruits and veteran firefighters live together, eat together and place their lives on the line
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