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A Large Midwestern Milk Products Manufacturer

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Hy Dairies, Inc. is “a large Midwestern milk products manufacturer”. (McShane & Von Glinow, 2013) The company recently saw increased sales and market share over the past two quarters, which was tied to a marketing campaign used to boost the sales of the company’s gourmet ice cream brand. Rochelle Beauport, who is an assistant brand manager, joined the team from another food products company and is “one of the few women of color in the marketing management.” (McShane & Von Glinow, 2013) She is responsible for coming up with the marketing campaign for the gourmet ice cream. After the sales numbers came out and Rochelle had a chance to review them, she thought that her boss, Syd Gilman, would be calling her to talk about the success of the marketing campaign. Rochelle was right; Mr. Gilman did ask to meet with her. In addition to discussing the marketing campaign, he offered her a new position as a market research coordinator. While Mr. Gilman saw this as an opportunity for Rochelle to continue to advance her career in marketing, Rochelle saw it more as a demotion and a way for the company to remove her from the marketing campaign. Rochelle wasn’t comfortable enough to talk to her boss about how she was feeling as she had only been with the company for about two years; however she now had to decide if she wanted to “leave the company or make changes to Hy Dairies, Inc.’s sexist and possibly racist practices”. (McShane & Von Glinow, 2013)
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