Dealing with Workplace Discrimination: Strategies and Solutions

Running head: MANAGEMENT
Management
Name of the Student
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1MANAGEMENT
Scenario 1
As per my opinion, Daniel is not at all over reacting to the situation she is facing in the
workplace. In this case, the CEO of the organization is demonstrating sexist behaviour towards
her. Labelling or stereotyping employees of their gender, sexual orientation or race is highly
unethical. Considering the fact that Daniel is only female member of the management team, she
should be treated like all the other managers in the organization irrespective of her gender.
Considering the fact that no managers are expected to handle office birthdays as well as organize
coffee during monthly managerial meetings, she should also not be expected to perform the
same. Hence it is highly crucial for Daniel to adapt major strategies in order to curb this
behaviour without demonstrating disrespectful attitude towards the CEO as well as the
colleagues.
The first strategy that Daniel should implement is to politely refuse to the inappropriate request
of her team mates. For instance, it is inappropriate to ask a manager to make coffee for the whole
team during monthly meetings just because she is a female. In order to deal with such situation,
Daniel can give excuse of her personal engagements.
The second strategy that Daniel can implement is to politely ask one of the managers to perform
the same for the sake of change, when being made such inappropriate request like making coffee
for the team members. This act will make them understand her point of view and may also
prevent them from repeating such inappropriate request.
The third strategy that she can include is to perform similar acts with her colleagues. For instance
whenever a colleague refers her as office mum, she can rely politely referring him as ‘office
dad’. During meetings she can ask them to perform her potion o work since she will be busy