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Equal Employment Opportunity: the Case of Hy-Vee

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I. Executive Summary ............................................…………….………..................... 3

II. Theoretical Aspect (Literature Review) ..........………………................................. 6 3.1. Definition of Equal Employment Opportunities............................................... 6 3.2. Definition of Discrimination............................................................................. 6 3.3. Definition of other laws regarding equal employment………………….……..7 III. Practical Aspect ..........…….....…….......................................................................... 10 4.4. Background and description of Hy-Vee Inc.…................…………..……..... 10 …show more content…

This shows how effective the corporate ethics were implemented into the Hy-Vee stores that have great organizational culture. Although from my personal experience at Hy-Vee and my interview with Rachel does not imply that there has not been any circumstances where discrimination was involved between employees or with customers.
My recommendations to Hy-Vee Inc. would be to have managers reiterate the aspects of diversity to their departments because I have seen firsthand that it is an effective approach. Also, to have annual store meetings to just keep everyone up to date on the policies including discrimination amongst other aspects of company policy. From the response of Rachel it seems that herself and management staff are taking appropriate and effective approaches to prevent discrimination in the workplace. It’s also very important for Hy-Vee Inc. and their store managers to understand that it only takes one person to discriminate and that can ruin the image of the store and company.

II. Theoretical Aspect (Literature Review) 2.1 Definition of Equal Employment Opportunity
Equal employment opportunity is a policy statement that all individuals should be equally considered for a job and not be discriminated against for reasons such as their race, color, marital status,

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