Please respond to each of the issues below. The response should include citations.
1. ABC, Inc. is looking at two candidates for the job of a senior manager to expand into a new market. An internal candidate, Mary, has been with ABC, Inc. for 10 years and has received very good employee performance evaluations. The other candidate, Roger, works for a small competitor for the last 3 years, and has some good experience in the particular market where ABC, Inc. is looking to expand. Do you think ABC, Inc. has an obligation to promote Mary? Should it give Mary a bit of an edge? Why or why not?
2. There are many external and internal influences in searching for and acquiring talent for your organization. Influences such as health care costs (Affordable Care Act), part-time vs. full time contracts, staffing company vs company hiring, outsourcing, temporary workers; current events in HR: company shootings, disgruntled employees, up front testing that could identify traits that lead to violence, drug testing, etc. Explore three of these issues listed or chooses others that are of interest to you and describe the issue, identify why it is relevant to HR departments, the challenges, and any operational issues that need to be considered.