industry. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Morgan Stanley shelled out $54 million—and Smith Barney and Merrill Lynch more than $100 million each—to settle sex discrimination claims. In 2007, Morgan was back at the table, facing a new class action, which cost the company $46 million. In 2013, Bank of America Merrill Lynch settled a race discrimination suit for $160 million. Cases like these brought Merrill’s total 15-year payout to nearly half a billion dollars. It’s no wonder that Wall Street firms now
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Causes There are varying reasons why the glass ceiling exists in our society. One chief reason is that leadership has stereotypical views concerning males and females in leadership positions. Males are viewed has being tough and strict, while women are considered more nurturing and caring. Being a tough or very strict leader in the workplace is accepted more by society. While a women’s leadership style, if not identical to her male counterpart, may be viewed as ineffective and soft. In some
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proceedings. (1.1, 1.2, 1.3) 1.1 – Explain the aims and objectives of employment regulation Employment law dates back to the 14th century, with the first labour legislation, the Ordinance of labourers passed in 1349 and consisted of regulations and price controls issued by King Edward 111. The purpose of the legislation was to maintain wages at rates to be fixed from time to time by the Justice of the peace. The ordinance was written in response to the outbreak of the plague in England. However, it
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relations disaster, then L’Oreal will lose it’s strong brand identity and reputation if the conflict is not resolved. The key shareholders in this case not only care about the influence any negative press surrounding this lawsuit will have on the stock price, but also worries about any long-term ramifications to the L’Oreal brand. There are many reasons for conflict within a team or between teams. In this case, there are three primary causes of the conflict. First of all, When Wiswall told Yanowitz to
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said, "Saturday Luncheon Menu." Apparently dinner begins at 4:00 P.M. at the Berghoff. Thinking that the prices were lower than I had remembered for past dinners at the Berghoff, I requested a Saturday dinner menu and compared some prices with the following result. The luncheon menu had prices for Sauerbraten, Weiner $chnitzel, and Johannisberg Riesling by the glass with the following prices respectively $11.75, $12.50, and 5.25. The dinner menu had the same items for $12.95, $13.95 and $5.50 respectively
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CHAPTER 27 EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION Only in recent decades have federal and state judicial decisions, administrative agency actions, and legislation restricted the ability of employers, as well as unions, to discriminate against workers on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, or handicap. This chapter concludes the discussion of the law relating to the employer-employee relationship by focusing on employment discrimination and related areas. The approach examines
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personal computers. The offer is only available to new customers. These tiers include 1-stream, 3-stream and 4-concurrent stream variants. All these are currently undergoing experiments. The 1-stream tier would cost customers $6.99 a month, a price which is $1 less than its standard version. This will enable subscribers play content on only one screen at a time (LA Times). The 3-stream tier will cost $9.99 a month and can stream video on three screens concurrently. Finally, the 4-stream tier
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Question 1 The Merriam Webster Dictionary defines “prejudice”, definition 2c as an irrational attitude of hostility directed against an individual, group, a race, or their supposed characteristics. Prejudice, to me is having an unfavourable attitude toward someone without good reasoning. For instance, an example of gender prejudice is men earning more money than women on average -- even if they are similarly qualified and performing
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Economist for the Brandt Commission and in the ILO’s Employment and Development Department and an associate professor of economics. She has written books and articles on employment, women, energy, environment, capital flows and foreign aid. Price: 40 Swiss francs WOMEN, GENDER AND WORK 30.11.2002 ILO c.i+iv_WomGend&Work WHAT IS EQUALITY AND HOW DO WE GET THERE ? WOMEN, GENDER WORK Edited by Mar tha Fetherolf Lout f i I N T E R N AT I O N
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of above alternatives. So, opportunity cost and making choices depends on my alternatives. In most of the cases, I find that money paid for goods and services is a better approximation of the opportunity cost. Due to the increase of the gas price in the past couple of years, the demand for SUVs decreased and as
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