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lOMoARcPSD|27871818 Describe the ethical dilemma presented, and explain why the situation described is an ethical dilemma. The court was received a lawsuit between the twenty-year employee and her company - Harrah’s casino. The ethical dilemma in this This is an ethical dilemma because the decision was not made easier, it created waves of indignation from women’s rights activist. Th Module 2 Corporate Culture CASE STUDY QUESTIONS Name: Thuy Quynh Nguyen Date: February 03, 2021 Course: Business Ethics (Case Study) Should women be required to wear cosmetics to work? In 2000, a lawsuit tested company policies requiring women to wear makeup to work. When a twenty-year employee of Harrah’s casino in Reno was fired for refusing to follow their “Personal Best” policy that specified women wear lip color, face powder, blush and mascara, she filed a discrimination lawsuit. She alleged that the policy was demeaning and discriminatory in that men were not required nor allowed to wear makeup. However, much to the chagrin of many women’s rights activists, the court upheld Harrah’s requirement for females to wear makeup. Therefore, the court also ruled that Harrah’s was justified in their firing of the employee for refusing to follow the company policy. Members of the hotel industry association in California hailed the ruling because it gave an employer the right to have grooming standards, which they feel are important in-service industries (Colb, 2001; Osterman, 2005). ETHICS in the Fashion Industry 1 V. Ann Paulins & Julie L. Hillery Copyright © 2009 | Fairchild Books | All Rights Reserved
I would give 5 for this situation. Because it does not create any heavily damage on everybody, but it also makes someone’s life harde On a scale of 1 (not an ethical dilemma) to 10 (strongly an ethical dilemma), rate the extreme to which you believe Each involved party could give in to reduce the existence of the ethical dilemma. The policy forces the women wear the heavy make-up What, if anything, could have been done by the parties involved to reduce the existence of the ethical dilemma? Would you have done anything differently from the actions of the decision makers in this case? If so, what? And, w If possible, I would suggest to the involved parties that each should give way. As I mentioned above, the company can force their emplo lOMoARcPSD|27871818 ETHICS in the Fashion Industry 2 V. Ann Paulins & Julie L. Hillery Copyright © 2009 | Fairchild Books | All Rights Reserved
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