This is a course project. Analyze what happened in the scenario below, what the consequences either are or might be and how it can be corrected.
You have been asked to look into a company’s promotion policy. Maria, a person of Latino ancestry, has filed a complaint that she was unfairly eliminated for consideration for a promotion because of her distinctive accent. She is a second generation native-born American citizen with a graduate degree and has been with the company for 10 yrs and in her current position for seven. Alex the person who received the promotion is an Anglo, also has a graduate degree but has less time either with the companyor in the position. He is, however, considered to be an "up and comer" and has better job evaluations than Maria. Maria points out that she is not only the only Latina, she is also the only person of color and the only woman in the department. she states that her lower evaluations reflect a built-in bias on the part of her white male supervisors. She states she was told by her supervisor that she was not being promoted because their clients would have trouble understanding her accent.
The company argues that Maria is a good employee but is often loud and aggressive in her approach to co-workers and supervisors and has had some problems with attendance and tardiness. She has been counseled twice for tardiness and once for absence. Each time she gave family problems as reasons. It was acknowledged that her accent was a major consideration but was not because of discrimination. Maria often spoke very rapidly and her accent made understanding difficult when she did. The company alleges that the ability to communicate clearly was an essential component of the job in question. Evaluate the situation. Are there indications of structural or individual discrimination involved or prejudicial attitudes? Is there any indication that Maria was unfairly treated? Is the company within its right to expect its employees who communicate directly with customers to speak in unaccented English? Regardless of your findings, come up with a plan to avoid this sort of thing from happening again.
I took the position that she was discriminated against because she was an Hispanic woman. Paper should be written in that context.
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