In the first instance, a group of male consultants prepared an e mail featuring the name, picture and department affiliation of about 12 female colleagues and asking others to assess the attractiveness of each photograph in order to get a "top ten" position. On the other hand, the mail propagate beyond the business, reaching thousands of individuals. In the second instance, Michele, a 43-year-old female senior manager at a retail business that is French, invites Jonathan, the CFO’s good-looking 38-year old assistant, for a beverage. Since she had never noticed him before that night, it's a casual invitation.
Subsequent to a few drinks, Michele invites Jonathan to her flat. The day after, Jonathan complains to the HR manager about the scenario. "Mr. Fay, please do not misunderstand me. But, somehow, I know that I felt some underlying obligation merely because I was with a really important person in our business. It is challenging to say no, even to a nice person like Ms. Michelle Maigny, when you are 10 levels below her position in the company. I believe that employees like me should be protected from this kind of situations. I usually do not ask anything for me, but I ask you to shift our business’s policies." In the third instance, Deborah, a manager at the M&A office of a top private bank, contacts the company’s CLO to complain about some of her team’s customs. There are two girls on the team and 19 guys, and the celebrations for endeavors that are successful are organized in men’s clubs. Deborah has critical issues with this tradition because she's excluded and also because her colleague’s behaviour changes after those nights: "I can believe there is an unhealthy distance between them and me and Emma[...]."
Raunchy e-mails, Too much Drinking and Dirty Dancing Case Study Solution
PUBLICATION DATE: November 20, 2007 PRODUCT #: IES229-PDF-ENG
This is just an excerpt. This case is about LEADERSHIP & MANAGING PEOPLE
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