Issues and current laws about affirmative action


Please answer either question 3 or 4, however not both.

Here is the scenario. Recently the VP of Marketing stepped down from his position at Berne AeroWerks, a German based aeronautics company producing high-end corporate jets in the US. An aspiring young director of Internet sales, who graduated from MIT and Harvard Business School, has applied for the position. This director was directly responsible for bringing in an additional 50 million in sales last year. The CEO of Berne AeroWerks has asked to meet with the director to discuss the decision about the VP opening. When the director is led into the CEO's office they are greeted by the VP and one of the corporate lawyers.

After the director sits down, and the cordial chit chat is finish, the CEO tells the director that Berne AeroWerks has decided to hire a woman who is an ethnic minority.

FYI -Decide in advance which one of you will play the role of CEO and the other will play the role of aspiring Director. You are to enter the BCT and pick up where the scenario left off. You are to carry on at least a 10 minute conversation about the CEO's decision to hire from outside Berne AeroWerks. The requirements of the Activity are:

Question 1. Research issues and current laws about Affirmative Action hiring practices and reverse discrimination.

Question 2. Carry on at least a 10 minute conversation.

Question 3. CEO's role is to explain why, according to #1, they have decided to hire the ethnic minority.

Question 4. Director's role is to question, according to #1, why this practice is unfair and a poor business decision.

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