Mark, the personnel manager for Shelby Manufacturing Company, was meeting with Shawn, the production manager. Shawn began the conversation by stating, “Mark, one of our first-line supervisors has applied for the new departmental job. This guy would be great and is the best qualified. But, I don’t want to put a 62-year-old person in the position. I’d rather fill the vacancy with someone who will be with us for a while. Also, our competition is so great that we must absolutely have a person in this job who has the energy to work long hours.”
"Shawn,” Mark said, “I guess you don’t realize that our company has always had a policy against age discrimination. Not only that, it’s illegal. I suggest that if age is your only hang-up, the worker should be promoted.”
Do you agree with Mark's assessment of the situation? Why or why not?
2007-10-26
06:24:16
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