Subject category:
Ethics and Social Responsibility
Published by:
Harvard Kennedy School
Length: 2 pages
Topics:
Affirmative action; Human resources
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Abstract
This short, incident-based case is set in South Africa and focused on a predominantly white corporation''s newly-hired black affirmative action officer. When Lehurustshe Ngutshane receives an invitation to attend a prestigious golf tournament, he must weigh his own disinterest in the sport -- and a scheduling conflict -- with the knowledge that golf is generally popular in the corporation. The short case raises subtle issues about conflicts that can arise in changing organizations and poses the question of whether it is incumbent about newcomers to adapt to existing norms, as part of the process of assimilation and advancement, or incumbent on those shaping corporate culture to be sensitive to difference.
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Abstract
This short, incident-based case is set in South Africa and focused on a predominantly white corporation''s newly-hired black affirmative action officer. When Lehurustshe Ngutshane receives an invitation to attend a prestigious golf tournament, he must weigh his own disinterest in the sport -- and a scheduling conflict -- with the knowledge that golf is generally popular in the corporation. The short case raises subtle issues about conflicts that can arise in changing organizations and poses the question of whether it is incumbent about newcomers to adapt to existing norms, as part of the process of assimilation and advancement, or incumbent on those shaping corporate culture to be sensitive to difference.