4.4 Discussion: What should happen next?
Brianna Doyle; Deirdre Maultsaid; and Simrenprit Parmar
What should the employee, Patricia, do?
- Should Patricia forget about this situation and try to move on?
- Should Patricia call in sick for a few days?
- Should Patricia chat with her colleagues about the issue?
- How can Patricia protect her privacy in this situation?
- Should Patricia try talking to Shaleen again?
- Should Patricia file a complaint report with Shaleen’s supervisor?
- Should Patricia talk to Human Resources again regarding her disability?
- Should Patricia try to start a disability committee (or a diversity, equity and inclusion committee) with co-workers and management?
- Should Patricia try to start a workplace union to advocate for workers’ rights?
- Other ideas?
What should the supervisor, Shaleen, do?
- Can Shaleen continue to ignore Patricia now that another supervisor is in place?
- Is Shaleen legally or ethically obligated to do anything else now?
- Should Shaleen re-check the employee’s personnel file for designated accommodations?
- Should Shaleen discuss the issue with Human Resources?
- Should Shaleen discuss the issue with the employee and Human Resources?
- Should Shaleen discuss the issue with her own supervisor?
- What are Shaleen’s legal and ethical obligations to protect the employee’s privacy?
- Other ideas?
What should the organization, GCS bank, do (if they become aware of the events)?
- Should the organization reexamine the ethical and legal obligations of the organization towards its employees?
- Should the organization train everyone on how to behave in a diverse workforce?
- Should the organization provide conflict resolution training?
- Should the organization have policies or be updating their policies on diversity, equity and inclusion?
- How would policies be enforced?
- Who would enforce policies?
- Who would be involved in monitoring issues such as accessibility and inclusion?
- Should the organization be starting and maintaining cross-department committees on diversity, equity and inclusion?
- Should these committees be consultative or provide direction and contribute to strategic planning?
- Other ideas?
