Paper Assignment
Outcome: Integrate management terms and associated concepts related to innovation and global management, using an ethical approach to analyze or solve managerial issues with global implications.
1. Use at least four concepts from previous readings (two from each of the texts) and address the following assignment. Note: use headings to point out the concepts you choose.(see attached file for concepts, BOLD FONT these 4 concepts).
2. Assignment: What should Walgreen’s diversity officer do in the short term and in the long term?
Word count at least 400
Case Study:
Walgreen Company or simply Walgreens is an American company that operates as the second-largest pharmacy store chain in the United States behind CVS Health.[3] It specializes in filling prescriptions, health and wellness products, health information, and photo services.[4] As of August 31, 2019, the company operated 9,277 stores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. It was founded in Chicago, Illinois, in 1901. The Walgreens headquarters office is in the Chicago suburb of Deerfield, Illinois.
In March 2007, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed an employment discrimination class-action lawsuit against Walgreens, alleging widespread racial bias against thousands of African American workers. The EEOC charges that Walgreens assigns African American managers, management trainees, and pharmacists to low-performing stores in African American communities because of their race. Additionally, the EEOC asserts that Walgreens denies these managers and professionals promotional opportunities based on race—all in violation of federal law. It all started when a group of African American managers and former managers filed a private lawsuit making similar allegations in June 2005. Since then, more than 20 current and former employees from around the country have complained to EEOC alleging racial discrimination by Walgreens in employment decisions. An EEOC investigation offered enough evidence against Walgreens to file a class-action suit against Walgreens in federal court.
Walgreens issued a statement saying, “As a company with a history of commitment to fairness, diversity, and opportunity, we are saddened and disappointed by the EEOC’s decision. Our commitment is to providing opportunity to all employees—not only because it is the right thing to do but because our business was built on this principle.” The statement continued, “Fairness and equality always have been the cornerstone of our business. We’re the nation’s best represented retailer in urban areas, and managers of all backgrounds are promoted to senior levels from those locations.” Obviously, data must suggest otherwise to file a class-action suit. “Black managers are assigned to stores in black neighborhoods more often than one would expect, and black employees are not being promoted to management and within management as often as similar white employees,” said EEOC attorney Robert Johnson. Attorneys who filed the private lawsuit said that the employees not only “faced discrimination, but faced segregation. The segregation is a throwback that most of us thought was gone from American life.”
The trial, the appeals that are sure to follow, and any final settlement may take years to resolve. The question now is, what does Walgreens do in the interim? Certainly, pressure is building for Walgreens to address these issues. Even stockholders are not happy. Since EEOC filed the lawsuit, Walgreens’ stock price was down 10 percent in one week.
NOTE: Please ensure assignment meets formatting and length requirements as dictated in the syllabus.
Proofreading is a must. Poor misspellings, punctuation, grammar, fragmented / incomplete / run-on sentences, or deviations from the instructions in this paragraph will be deducted from the overall grade of the paper.
