Reference no: EM133330224
Assignment:
Sexual orientation and companies
Instructions
After studying the issue of the barriers that members of the LGBTTQ+ community have to integrate into a workplace, and the efforts that have been developed related to the issue, read and analyze the situation that led the individual in the following case to report your company. Imagine that you are the new leader of Empresas Carabelitas and present what efforts, policies, rules and/or training programs have worked to avoid this situation that you have encountered when assuming the position.
Case
The case of Pedro and Empresas Carabelitas
After several years at Empresas Carabelitas and a successful performance as an employee, Pedro has sued his company for discrimination based on sexual orientation and workplace harassment. He expressed in his lawsuit that his classmates made constant jokes about his sexual orientation, referred to him as a "faggot" and left psychological therapy propaganda on his desk. In addition, his colleagues constantly held activities and meetings to which he was not invited, even when issues related to projects they were working on were being discussed. Although Pedro talked to the supervisor about the matter and submitted his case to the Human Resources office, they told him that they would talk to them, but he should not worry about it, because his evaluations as an employee had always been good.
Pedro felt without support and submitted his case to the Anti-Discrimination Office of his city. They visited the company, did an investigation and concluded that, indeed, Pedro was in a hostile environment. Empresas Carabelitas was fined and required to develop a training plan for its employees and establish policies against discrimination. Empresas Carabelitas did not comply and Pedro preferred to resign from the company.
Answer the following questions. For each question, support your arguments, present at least three sentences per answer, and give concrete examples.
- Discuss what you understand is the value of the definition of LGBTTQ+ for the company.
- Indicate whether you understand that it is important for an employee to express his or her sexual orientation to the employer. Why?
- Do you understand that Pedro handled his case correctly? Why?
- Do you understand that the officers of the Carabelitas Companies handle the case in the correct way? Why?
- Describe some laws, rules or policies in your city to handle the issue of discrimination based on sexual orientation and how they are applied in companies.
- Establish what challenges and/or biases you understand you have, if you were a manager, when working with the type of diversity based on sexual orientation.
- It establishes what efforts, policies, rules and/or training programs would have worked to avoid the situation presented in the case if he were the new leader of the Carabelitas Companies.