Situation Evaluation: Native American Employees
Situation Evaluation
Regina Smith
DeVry University
Situation Evaluation
Maria, a second generation native-born American citizen with a graduate degree made an accusation against her company that she has been with for the past 10 years. She claims that a promotion was giving to a co-worker over her because of her national origin. Alex, the employee who received the promotion, is a White male. He also has a graduate degree, but has not worked in the company as long as Maria. Alex was said to be the wave of the future and has better job evaluations than the accuser. Maria also states that in her department, she stand alone as the only individual of Latin descent as well as the only individual of color and the only female. And also adds …show more content…
She has been reprimanded on a few occasions by her immediate boss for lateness and absences. She astutely combated each reprimand with an excuse of family issues. Maria would always defend that when or if her family is in trouble, she would have to attend to their needs. When the topic of her accent was brought up, it was explained that the accent was a significant factory in obtaining the particular position therefore, no discriminatory practices were conducted by the organization. Maria habitually spoke very fast, and when she spoke in such a manner, comprehending what she was saying due to her accent was almost impossible. The company declared that the ability to communicate clearly was an essential aspect of the job in …show more content…
If the truth is told, it may be next to impossible to please everybody all the time. This could lead to alienation, frustration, separation, and termination. Unfortunately, prejudice and discriminatory thoughts as well as actions of such do exist in the workplace. Organizations can and will go tumbling down which could cause a lot of innocent people some unnecessary hardship. It could be a horrible feeling to think a person cannot advance because someone may not like them just because they are different. Nothing good can come from a company that overlooks prejudice and discriminatory behavior exhibited by the members within that company. Let us stamp out this ugly form a degradation before it ever gets started. It is going to take education, confrontation, and annihilation through music to rid or prevent this unspeakable form of injustice which is known as workplace
Regina Smith
DeVry University
Situation Evaluation
Maria, a second generation native-born American citizen with a graduate degree made an accusation against her company that she has been with for the past 10 years. She claims that a promotion was giving to a co-worker over her because of her national origin. Alex, the employee who received the promotion, is a White male. He also has a graduate degree, but has not worked in the company as long as Maria. Alex was said to be the wave of the future and has better job evaluations than the accuser. Maria also states that in her department, she stand alone as the only individual of Latin descent as well as the only individual of color and the only female. And also adds …show more content…
She has been reprimanded on a few occasions by her immediate boss for lateness and absences. She astutely combated each reprimand with an excuse of family issues. Maria would always defend that when or if her family is in trouble, she would have to attend to their needs. When the topic of her accent was brought up, it was explained that the accent was a significant factory in obtaining the particular position therefore, no discriminatory practices were conducted by the organization. Maria habitually spoke very fast, and when she spoke in such a manner, comprehending what she was saying due to her accent was almost impossible. The company declared that the ability to communicate clearly was an essential aspect of the job in …show more content…
If the truth is told, it may be next to impossible to please everybody all the time. This could lead to alienation, frustration, separation, and termination. Unfortunately, prejudice and discriminatory thoughts as well as actions of such do exist in the workplace. Organizations can and will go tumbling down which could cause a lot of innocent people some unnecessary hardship. It could be a horrible feeling to think a person cannot advance because someone may not like them just because they are different. Nothing good can come from a company that overlooks prejudice and discriminatory behavior exhibited by the members within that company. Let us stamp out this ugly form a degradation before it ever gets started. It is going to take education, confrontation, and annihilation through music to rid or prevent this unspeakable form of injustice which is known as workplace