Case Study – Discrimination
October 15, 2014
HMD 621
Hospitality Law
In Hospitality Law we were asked to complete an assignment that involves us completing a case study over a specific topic of our choice. I was given the opportunity to choose the topic of discrimination. I conducted some mild research in order to find a certain case that pertained to the topic of discrimination. After completing my research, I found a case that involves litigation against Walgreen Co. in the form of discrimination. The case is titled Raspardo vs. Carlone and I will be providing background information on the case, the main arguments from the parties involved, the laws applied to the case and how they apply and the managerial …show more content…
§ 1983. This law states that “every person under color of statue, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage of any citizen of the US or other person within jurisdiction therefore to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law, Suit in equity, or other proper proceedings for redess, except that in any action brought against a judicial officer for an act or omission taken in such officer 's judicial capacity, injunctive relief shall not be granted unless a declaratory decree was violated or declaratory relief was unavailable.” (Forsythe, …show more content…
If I were a manager, I would not even allow discrimination to happen at my workplace and I would never allow a second chance for an employee who participated in discriminating against another employee. I would let all new employees know that discrimination is not allowed and that would be fired after their first offense of discrimination. I do not think that this is acceptable the one of the police officers was discriminating against lower ranked officers. The situation with Carlone should have been taken care of much sooner than it was and I do not think he should have been let off by the courts so easily because he not only had complaints against him from one person, but from two. Once he was asked to stop, he should have never continued this act. I think it is very important for managers to keep and eye out for discrimination in his or her workplace and make sure that it is not being committed by other employees as well as other managers and if it does, then it needs to be taken care of on the