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Lopez, Inc. Case Analysis This will be a violation of the Title VII and discrimination. Lopez Inc., company has only employed Hispanics. Unless the company has a Bona Fide Qualification that can be proved to be in the companies best interest than it is illegal. You have two possible qualified candidates that have applied to two positions and been denied. Lopez Inc. will need to prove that the reason they were denied was that they were not qualified or to prove that there is a valid reason for only hiring Hispanics. Lopez Inc. must have a valid for hiring only Hispanics otherwise anyone who should meet the qualifications, experience, or certifications should be allowed to apply. The only other part of the code is that the company continues …show more content…

The answer that is yes, because the company did background checks and references and noted that Rhonda had already been in four different altercations of assault with customers. In the broad vision the company knew there might be a possibility of Rhonda attacking a customer since she is a salesperson. One might assume that in order to sell a product the employee would come into contact with the customer. Sandley knew there was a chance of an altercation but still hired and retained Rhonda. In the case Medina v Grahams Cowboy, the court ruled in favor of damages to the plaintiff because the bar knew of the doorman’s reputation and still hired him, which made the bar negligent ( Medina v. Graham's Cowboys, Inc., 1992). This can also lead into the second part of what actions did Sandley do once the allegations were made about their employee and if negligence would fall on the company. If management recorded each incident and did not reprimand the employees, then that would also be negligence on the company. The company would know what an employee did and if there was a reprimand to the action. In the case of Rhonda, the first assault should have ended in her termination effective immediately. For Martina, who did not have a background of violence the company would not be considered at fault the first time. However, this goes back to how did management handle the first assault and why would they keep her in sales. Sandley would be personally responsible for the next two assault victims because Martina has already struck a customer and now she is a liability that the company knows about and they would be held for negligence. The last question revolves around was it Sandley Vacuum’s intention or policy that the employees had to follow rules about how to deal with customers and that such a policy should result in physical contact by

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