Eli Lilly: Managing Workplace Diversity and Coping with the Accusations of Racial Discrimination
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Case Details:
Case Code : HROB105
Case Length : 20 Pages
Period : 2006-2007
Pub Date : 2008
Teaching Note :Not Available
Organization : Eli Lilly & Company
Industry : Pharmaceutical
Countries : USA
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Another Distraction for Lilly Contd...
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The suit was filed by three former employees and one employee
still working at Lilly. Many former and current Lilly employees, who had
allegedly witnessed similar practices at the company since August 2003, joined
the lawsuit. The discriminatory practices followed by Lilly had resulted in
emotional and mental distress to these employees, the plaintiffs claimed.
According to the plaintiffs, Lilly had a lot of minority friendly policies, but
these policies were seldom practiced. Cassandra Welch (Welch), one of the lead
plaintiffs, contended that the strategies and policies regarding diversity at
Lilly remained only on paper.
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“A policy only is as good as it's implemented. It was more of
a check-the-box exercise,”4 she claimed.
She also alleged that the company retaliated against the employees who raised
their voice against the allegedly discriminatory practices.
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Welch said, “But instead of attacking the problem
they either attack the person or they put in another complacent task
force or training program or diversity strategy.”5
Analysts and regulators were taking note of the many instances of
alleged discrimination at the workplace, particularly instances of
racial discrimination, in the US corporations.
According to US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)6,
since 2003, nearly 28,000 complaints had been registered every year by
people who had suffered discrimination on the basis of race at their
workplace... |
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