Problem:
After a regional sales director had her first child in 2005, she questioned her boss about whether it was necessary to attend every out-of-town conference held by the company. The conferences typically lasted five days. There were originally five conferences per year and this increased to at least ten. In her view, the conferences involved mainly social and recreational activities. She was told that attendance was necessary for team-building and other organizational purposes. When she had a second child in late 2006, she again pressed the issue of the conferences, telling her supervisor that she had great difficulty arranging childcare while she was gone. She was given an ultimatum by her supervisor that she either commit to attending all future conferences or look for another position in the company that did not require travel. The sales director did neither and was terminated. She sued, alleging that she, unlike any of the other sales directors, had been required to commit to attending the conferences because she was a mother with two young children. (Feinerman v. T-Mobile USA, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7007 (S.D.N.Y.)) Based on the material presented in Chapter 7 and the fact in the following scenario, discuss "What should decide and why?