that the city was forced to layoff another 73 people that year due to the slump in the economy (Evans). Did Griffin and Low deserve the money they were compensated and does reverse discrimination exist? Another even more high news case was Ricci v. DeStefano. This landmark case ,most likely lead to Griffin and Low being rewarded as they were, started in 2003 when nineteen firefighters filled a lawsuit against the city of New Haven, Connecticut alleging that the city discriminated against them regarding
them to ultimately not prosper. Racial preference should not be used to meet a quota, a person hard work and character should outshine their ethnic background and should not play apart in any decision making. In the case of University of California v. Bakke, Bakke had applied twice to the University of California Medical School, but was rejected both times. Despite the fact that Bakke’s GPA and exam scores were up to par, he was turned down in order to fill in the schools reserved place for “qualified”
four-fifths as well as the majority on a screening device or a presumption of disparate impact arises, and the device must then be shown to be a legitimate business necessity” (Bennett-Alexander & Hartman, 2015, p. 70). Such as in the case of Ricci v. Destefano in 2003 tried to prove that minorities were at a disadvantage according to test results that seemed to favor whites for job promotions (Griffin, Sullivan, and Robertson, 2010). In this case, the judge was in favor of the employer maintaining
Oversight of Supply Chains In addition to MNCs, domestic corporations often outsource manufacturing and purchase supplies from foreign countries. These corporations have come to realize they cannot dismiss their responsibility for unethical practices of these suppliers. Nike suffered reputational damage and a drop in stock value when the unethical practices of factories in Indonesia and unhealthy working conditions in factories in Vietnam which produced goods for Nike became public knowledge (Locke