Teddy's Supplies' CEO has asked you to advise him on the facts of the case and your opinion of their potential liability. He wants to settle the case. Write a memo to him that states your view of whether the company is exposed to liability on all issues you feel are in play. Include in your memo any laws that apply and any precedent cases either for or against Teddy's case that impact liability. Include in the memo your suggested "offer of settlement" to Virginia. Back up your offer using your analysis
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Teddy's Supplies' CEO has asked you to advise him on the facts of the case and your opinion of their potential liability. Write a memo to him that states your view of whether the company is exposed to liability on all issues you feel are in play. Include in your memo any laws that apply and any precedent cases either for or against Teddy's case that impact liability. Include your opinion of the "worst case" of damages the company may have to pay to Virginia. Student Answer: Dear Mr. Moore
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work. In her new position she experienced various harassments while at work from her fellow employees working in the warehouse. The harassments included filling the guard shack with trash, backing in a forklift up to the door and making it backfire in her ear, tapping her drawers shut, filling the guard shack with trash and locking her out of the guard shack where she sat in to watch the inventory. Virginia was also the recipient of sexual harassment when a delivery driver sat in her chair and she
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again. You can do this all week.) To do well on this project, study the readings for this week and consider the work we did in Week 5. You may want to do some outside research for this project as well, reviewing recent case law on discrimination and harassment and including that in your answers to the project. Do not discuss this project with your classmates. You should do the work on your own. This project is "pooled," meaning your classmates may have different questions than you do. This project is
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Consultants To: Ted Moore, CEO and Founder Teddy’s Supplies CC: Tonya Morgan, VP of Operations From: Consulting Associate Date: 6/17/2012 Re: Analysis of sexual discrimination case (Virginia Pollard) Introduction Thank you for allowing me to work with your company. As requested, I have evaluated the information about the case of sexual discrimination that involves Virginia Pollard. I have taken a look at the incidents that led up to this case of sexual discrimination and my findings indicate
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fellow male colleagues. Second, she was subject to harassment by being spanked by a fellow employee. Third she was subject to verbal harassment by being told to "grow some balls" and also by harassment from male employees putting sings up saying bras optional. Lastly, she was discriminated against by being fired for negligent behavior when there were no repercussions for men acting in similar poor behavior. Since these facts show that Teddy's Supplies' is a culture of hostile working conditions it
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1. To: Teddy’s Supplies’ CEO From: Stephanie Oco, Consultant Subject: Review & potential liabilities resulting from Virginia Pollard’s claim. The CEO of Teddy’s Supplies regarding the case that has been brought against the company by former employee, Virginia Pollard, has requested this review. I will be reviewing the case to determine if Teddy’s has any liability issues and what specific facts are relevant. There are several factors that are at play that would make Teddy’s legally liable:
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You can do this all week.) To do well on this project, study the readings for this week, and consider the work we did in Week 5. You may want to do some outside research for this project as well, reviewing recent case law on discrimination and harassment, and including that in your answers to the project. Do NOT discuss this project with your classmates. You should do the work on your own. This project is "pooled" meaning your classmates may have different questions than you do. This project
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found that Pollard had been the victim of sex discrimination and that Teddy's reasons for firing her were pretext, and awarded her back wages and damages. Teddy's appealed to the circuit court, including in their case that Pollard had committed several infractions, including participating in the spanking incident. They reported that Pollard had failed to report any sexual harassment and included a copy of their sexual harassment policy as part of their defense case. The Circuit Court found that Teddy
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1. Teddy's Supplies' CEO has asked you to advise him on the facts of the case and your opinion of their potential liability. Write a memo to him that states your view of whether the company is exposed to liability on all issues you feel are in play. Include in your memo any laws that apply and any precedent cases either for or against Teddy's case that impact liability. Include your opinion of the "worst case" of damages the company may have to pay to Virginia. (Points : 30) Memo To: Ted Moore,
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