MGMT 493 OL1: Human Resource Strategy Summer 2020

Review and Reflect Paper Week 1

Overview: This week, we focused on ethics and law at workplace (Week 1, Part 2). This assignment will expand on this content to evaluate the implications of discrimination and harassment at workplaces for HR.

Instructions: 

a. First, please review the assigned materials below.

1. Read the case study “Religious Discrimination and Harassment: What Ever Happened to MarShawn DeMur?”. 
2. Review the relevant content (lectures) in the weekly folder and watch the HR Coffee talk with Jose Klein and Damien Munsinger. 

b. Then, please respond to each question below:

1. Identify and describe the specific issues Maalick encountered in the workplace. Do the actions of other workers at Treton represent discrimination and harassment? What elements of HR law are important for Treton to consider? (4 points)

2. Evaluate the actions of the HR director, Marta Ford, in response to Maalick’s situation. What could she have done to prevent the situation and what more could she do to ensure that this type of situation would not occur in the future? (4 points)

3. What are the broader implications of this situation for Treton? What type of organizational review might Dixon initiate or suggest from a corporate perspective? (4 points)

4. What do you think Jose Klein and Damien Munsinger, the employment attorneys that were in the HR Coffee talk interview, would say about how this situation was handled? (4 points)

Grading Rubric
Format	Your paper must be between 900 words AND submitted in Word or pdf only.Submit a professional, neat, and organized work: Copy-paste each question to your document and write your answer below each question (Question prompts count toward the word limit, too).Put your name and the total word count on top of the first page. Paragraph or bullet formats are both acceptable.	A total of 2 points will be deducted if the format is not met.
Timeliness	Turn in your assignment to the respective dropbox folder in D2L by the deadline. You can submit your work early, but late assignments will not be accepted.	Late assignments not accepted (receive 0)
Originality of your work (Academic integrity)	Your assignment must be an original work. No previously submitted assignments by you or others are accepted (receive zero). PSU online courses use Turnitin tool that checks the originality of the submitted work against each other. Please refer to course syllabus for more information about academic integrity.	Previously submitted work by you and/or others not accepted (receive 0)
Professional Tone	Use a professional, respectful tone in your written communication.	Unprofessional, disrespectful, discriminatory language/tone is not tolerated (receive 0)