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MBA, PHD
Phoniex
Jul-2007 - Jun-2012
Corportae Manager
ChevronTexaco Corporation
Feb-2009 - Nov-2016
Scenario Summary—Is Affirmative Action at Work?
Smulderbaum, Hammers & Stein is a 100-year-old law firm specializing in corporate law. The firm employs over 100 attorneys; among them are 15 junior partners and five senior partners. All of the partners are white men. Out of the 80 remaining attorneys at the firm, only 20 are female and there is one Asian-American male. The firm is now searching for another associate attorney. Recently, the senior partners have been very vocal about adding more diversity to the firm. Your best friend, Richard (a white male), just graduated at the top of his class from Yale Law School. He received his MBA from Harvard before attending Yale and interned at several other law firms while he was in law school. He also speaks three languages.
You recommend Richard to a senior partner, who is ecstatic about having someone of his caliber join the firm. Richard is interviewed, along with other candidates, and the senior partner tells you that everyone loves him. Two weeks later, Susan (a black woman), is introduced to the firm as the new Associate.
You are an associate attorney at the firm. You want to complain about the hiring process because you suspect that Susan was hired only as a way to increase diversity. You strongly believe that Richard was overlooked only because he was white. Before you take action, you decide to speak with a couple of people in the law firm.
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