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I.
Executive Summary
SUMMARY
The performance appraisal system of Kidsgo Corporation is being
contested by African American employees on the basis that they are racially
discriminated by their superiors, all of whom are white except for two. The
corporation is composed of seventy sales clerks of which fifty are
African
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employees would undergo and thus they would be more satisfied with their
jobs. Because of this satisfaction, their performances would improve which
consequentially would also improve the profits of the company. The
prevention of the negative feedback would maintains the companys image
and would not affect the profits of the company which would be beneficial to
the company because of the isolation of the case of the discourteous sales
clerks.
The feedback of the employees toward these changes would hopefully
be leaning on the positive region because these implementations not only
would be for their benefit but would also improve the overall situation of the
company. Thus, the reception of the employees to the changes implemented
would be of great acceptance.
SECOND ALTERNATIVE
The second alternative would be that of maintaining the companys
current performance appraisal system, and firing the two discourteous
employees outright. The results would therefore be obtained immediately
and the problems stated earlier would then be somewhat resolved.
The costs that would come from implementing this alternative would
be from the compensation given to the two African American employees but
along with it the costs of having the impression that their termination was
wrongful due to the racial bias the company has. This would then affect the