FedEx Freight East v. EEOC was the chosen case. The corporation was charged with racial discrimination regarding the advancement of black employees (EEOC 2012). Black workers received promotions at a lower rate than white colleagues despite having similar credentials. Title VII of Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination against employees. Employers must treat all employees equally and fairly under the law. This corporation committed an error by refusing promotions to African-American workers and further career opportunities, including training and skills development. It also decreased their marketability.
The organization needs to restructure and review its human resources policy in order to maintain fairness and impartiality when recruiting, staff resourcing and promotions. Restructuring and evaluating the organization’s internal regulations would allow it to develop a work climate that encourages individuals to explore their strengths and pursue their career objectives without racial prejudice (Stewart & Brown, 2019). The management can review the regulations and eliminate variables that favor recruitment based on race. They will also be able consider objective criteria like performance.
Second, the institution can ensure diversity and inclusion in its employment process. A corporation should have a well-designed recruitment process that encourages affirmative actions and gives all applicants, regardless of their race, equal opportunities. Even though businesses might have specific rules that emphasize equality, the lack of goodwill or attention to diversity and inclusion could hinder the hiring of minorities (Cascio 2015). Hiring prejudices can be eliminated by creating a culture of fairness, diversity and inclusion.
Participation in training for cultural competence is the last resort. Discrimination was practiced by the institution because its recruiting managers did not have the cultural competence necessary to understand and treat black staff. Culture competence training provides managers the knowledge necessary to accept diversity and communicate with minority workers while maintaining impartiality. It also helps them overcome prejudices that may have been created during staff recruitment (Ketchen et. al., 2015).