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Case

Reference no. 9-488-039

Subject category: Human Resource Management / Organisational Behaviour

Authors: Charles C Heckscher (Harvard Business School); Philip Holland (Harvard Business School)

Published by: Harvard Business Publishing

Originally published in: 1988

Version: 26 January 1988

Length: 13 pages

Data source: Published sources

Topics: Affirmative action; Discrimination; Diversity; Local government; Personnel selection; Women

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Abstract

A manager is confronted with a choice between promoting a man, recommended through a careful evaluation process, or a woman, who scored slightly lower in the same process, and who is seen as a trouble maker. Appendix summarizes legal issues in affirmative action decisions.

Location:

California

Industry:

State government

Size:

1,300 employees

Other setting(s):

1980