Eli Lilly: Managing Workplace Diversity and Coping with the Accusations of Racial Discrimination
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HROB105 |
For delivery in electronic format: Rs.
400;
For delivery through courier (within India): Rs. 400 + Rs. 25 for Shipping & Handling ChargesThemes
Managing workplace diversity/ Discrimination at the
Workplace/ Equal Employment Opportunity |
| Case Length |
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20 Pages |
| Period |
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2006-2007 |
| Pub Date |
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2008 |
| Teaching Note |
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Not Available |
| Organization |
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Eli Lilly & Company |
| Industry |
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Pharmaceutical |
| Countries |
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USA |
Abstract:
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The case is about one of the world's leading pharmaceuticals
company Eli Lilly & Company (Lilly). Lilly, which claims to have a very good
diversity program running at the company and was also widely regarded as a very
good employer, faced a federal lawsuit that raised some serious questions
regarding the company's human rights policies and practices.
In April 2006, three former employees and one employee who was still working at
Lilly then filed a case against the company alleging that the company
discriminated against its African American employees on racial grounds. |
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The lawsuit claimed that the African American
employees working at Lilly experienced disparity in wages,
promotions, performance evaluations and discipline. By the end
of 2007, more than a hundred former and present employees of
Lilly joined forces with the plaintiffs against the company.
Lilly had, however, denied the allegations saying that
discrimination against any individual or group was inconsistent
with their long-held core values and employment philosophy. On
the other hand, a section of the employees at Lilly felt that in
order to promote diversity the company was going out of its way
in hiring, grooming and promoting under-qualified minority
employees at the cost of organizational effectiveness.
Issues:
» Understand the issues and challenges in promoting and managing workplace
diversity.
» Understand the issue of discrimination at the workplace.
» Understand the communication challenges faced by companies in a multi-cultural
workplace.
» Understand the corporate communication challenges faced by companies facing
allegations of workplace discrimination.
Contents:
Key Words:
Workplace diversity, Diversity strategy, Discrimination , Workplace discrimination, Equal Employment opportunity, Diversity training, HR policy, Core values, Employment philosophy, Corporate communications, Ethics, Code of business conduct, Corporate citizenship, Training and Development, Multicultural, Employee benefits, Eli Lilly, Pharmaceutical
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