Reference no: EM132205243

1. Treetop Publishing is going to promote a sales representative to regional manager to fill a vacancy. This job requires air travel and extended days away from home; a sales representative usually travels within a 100-mile radius by car. Treetop offers the promotion to Sheila Singer, who is single, bypassing Laura Wild, who is a single mom with two small children, even though she is more qualified. Wild consults with the Moran Legal Advisory Board. As an associate, what is your recommendation?

2. Very Cool Music is a chain that caters to the sale of hip-hop and rap CDs to the youth of the nation. It refuses to hire anyone over the age of 25. When Homer Sparkey, a recently retired and partially deaf senior, applies for a position hoping to supplement his Social Security while engaging with the youth of the world, he is summarily rejected. When Sparkey seeks advice, the case is turned over to you. How do you rule? Why?

3. Sandra Hanson is a store manager with Tip Top Hardware, a national chain. Tip Top has a nepotism policy that precludes managers from hiring family members. The definition of “family members” includes cousins. Hanson hires Scott Petersen. Four months later, it is discovered that Hanson and Petersen are fifth cousins once re- moved. Neither of them knew that they were related. Tip Top dis- charges them both. Hanson and Petersen feel that the true meaning of the nepotism policy is being distorted. Do you agree with them?