Analysis: Colombo V. BNC Mortgage

Synopsis The year 2004 will go down in history as a turning point for a majority of the population of the United States. This year became the hallmark of transition and hope for a significant portion of the entire community. However, some individuals did not realize anything different throughout the year. Considerable population size will hold the year 2004 with precious memories being the first time that individuals managed to own their own homes. The BNC organization chipped in to provide mortgage loans to individuals to facilitate the purchasing of personal residences. One of the most significant milestones and landmark of individuals owns a home ("Fear Not Law Articles: Colombo v. BNC Mortgage", 2018). People become fond of the BNC Corporation
Operations at first sailed well registering unlimited growth and transactions of up to $1.2 billion monthly. Serving as the senior underwriter, she earned accolades for her diligence and hard work. However, things started falling off mid-2005 when a male counterpart in charge of the wholesale docket began sending in questionable documents to settle loans, salaries, and occupation and home values. The decay in BNC would include moral and ethical decay compiled with claims of sexual harassment (Justin, 2007). At some incidence, Colombo records that the wholesaler came up to her with a bribe commonly known as spiffs. The work environment gradually began becoming difficult coupled with constant threats and indecent acts at work. Much was transpiring in the organization until Coleen Colombo had endured enough of the broad-ranging workplace harassment and mistreatment that all evils reveal. This case study revolves around the then senior underwriter at BNC Mortgage Inc from 2003 to 2005 and colleagues and all fraud that had transpired under her spell. In November 2005, Coleen and other five employees filed a suit against BNC and its supervisors citing sexual harassment and retaliation that caused extreme working environment forcing staff to resignation. The lawsuit highlighted discrimination, retaliation, defamation, wrongful termination, and the breach of the implied covenant of good faith and
Keen insight on the case of Coleen Colombo and colleagues resisting mortgage fraud brings to light the presence of fight or flight phenomenon. When activated in an organization, the fight, or flight design pushes the staff to the perception that everything around them threatens their survival at the workplace. Practically, the fight or flight system causes one to bypass the rational mind to outlive our rational decision pushing one to adapt to the attack mode. The phenomenon develops from one individual spreading across the workplace creating a perception of life under threat at the workplace (Bell, 2010). The feeling of insecurity begins to chip in making individuals fear for their future. Suspicion begins to develop causing tension among individuals. Everything and everyone around us in the workplace eventually becomes a possible