Nike Hit With Lawsuit from Ex-Employees Alleging Discrimination

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Nike Hit With Lawsuit From Ex-Employees Alleging Discrimination

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Nike Hit With Lawsuit From Ex-Employees Alleging Discrimination
QUESTIONS:
1. If Nike claims to maintain an inclusive culture of diversity, why would it give raises to 7,000 employees after an internal review?
2. With so much evidence of pay inequality at Nike, should employees who have been underpaid receive restitution for the years that they did not receive pay equal to males?
3. What type of training is necessary to deal with allegations of inappropriate sexual advances or behavior of employees?

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Currently, it is necessary for corporations to conduct and develop a course aimed at raising employee, supervisory and management awareness of incidences that may lead to claims of sexual harassment.  At the core of training on inappropriate behavior and sexual advances should be a formidable procedure for filing complaints (Woo, 2018). The management ought to raise awareness over the possibility of vicarious liability whenever its personnel is found culpable of harassment of a sexual nature such as was the case in Nike. For example, whenever the supervisor used the term “stupid bitch”, this could lead to the corporation being liable for the acts of the supervisor (Woo, 2018).

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