Ethics in Diversity Cases Analysis
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There are 22 cases presented in this week's assigned reading, Allard's "Ethics and Diversity Cases: LegalApplications in the Workplace." Pick 4 out of the 22 cases and analyze them based on the three questions shown below.The following list includes each question you will need to answer:For each case or situation, consider the ethical implications from your perspective. What do you personally think should be the outcome or resolution?How would McNett characterize each situation in terms of the ethics involved? Use the three categories ofethical theory found in Exhibit 5-1 of the "Ethics of Workplace Diversity" article.Investigate the resolution or current status of each case or situation. What was the rationale? Why was this outcome reached?The four cases are:1.) EEOC v Sears RoebuckDiversity Issue: Disability AccommodationA former Sears service technician was injured on the job resulting in a permanent disability. Even though he asked many times to return to work, Sears did not provide accommodations and fired him when his disability leave expired.U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. (2009, September 29). Sears Roebuck to Pay $6.2 Million for Disability Bias. February 26, 2013, fromhttp://www.eeoc.gov.Retrieved September 23, 2012. Or, search: EEOC vs Sears Roebuck disability accommodation2.) Fitness Chain Kid’s Club v Tot DisabilityDiversity Issue: Tot Autism Disability or Safety?A three-year-old was playing with toys in front of a slide in the Kid’s Club section of a fitness club. When a staff member asked him to move away from in front of the slide, he refused. Informed by his parents that the tot was autistic, the staff member told them that had the staff known the child was autistic, he would not have been allowed to play in the Kid’s Club.Maciel, K. & Schwartz, J. (2012, July 2). Fitness Club Responds to ADA Claim from Child with Special Needs with Updated Policies and Procedures. Epstein Becker Green. In Hospitality Labor and Employment Law blog. Retrieved February 23, 2013, fromhttp://www.hospitalitylaboremploymentlawblog.com3.) Football RefereeDiversity Issue: Visual DisabilityWhen Big Ten football official James Filson lost an eye, he informed the head of the Big Ten Officiating and was told to continue working. He officiated games for six years including two Orange Bowl games until the Commissioner of the Big Ten learned about his vision. He was then terminated. He sued for violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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