THE BEST OF INTENTIONS

ANKIT GUPTA

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SHWETA MALLICK
SRISHTI HARNE SUNANDITA THOUSIF MOHAMMED VAMSY KRISHNA

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SUMMARY
Prevailing discrimination in Agfunds. Agfunds Financial Services Arkansas USA

Peter Jones Cynthia Mitchell Steve Ripley

Cynthias personal experience at Houston in her job Merit vs. Minorities- colored and women 1
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ISSUES

Steve Ripley has the qualities and potential for the position but Peter and other staff people are not in consensus to hire him due to his being black. Self fulfilling prophecy - Assumption in the firm that white clients in the Arkansas wont trust their books to Steve (black professional) 2
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ISSUES
Prevailing discrimination in Agfunds. Steve not making his position clear whether he is ready to take the risk. Cynthias own experience of discrimination creating bias for her decision

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POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVES
Hire Steve Best district to hire an Afro American as the growth is declining for the past 15 years. Prejudiced customer can be won over. Company can project itself as a secular organization . Steve should learn from the career of African Americans employees who succeeded at the firm. Unconditional support from Cynthia at the beginning of career. Dont Hire Steve Loose the already existing customers. Profit will further go down. Quit Company Join another company which has a secular work environment and select Steve there.
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STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESS ANALYSIS

OPTION Hire Steve STRENGTH Recovering Cost Boosting Employee confidence Free of social disruption employees point of view Racial arbitrage Pygmalion effect Adds Diversity More control of the management team Employers Advantage Free of social disruption employers point of view WEAKNESS Some clients may be offended Chance of Leaving Uncertainty Golem effect

Dont Hire Steve

Minorities offended Lack of Opportunities Public Image Legal issues High performance employee not utilized Cartel formulation Economic Slowdown

Quit Job
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Quick way out

BEST SOLUTION
Hire Steve: Building a Secular and Liberal organizational culture. Building an Image. Boosting Employee confidence and morale. Incentive to work hard and give their best. MBA from UCLA, successful summer internship at AgFunds, stint oversees as an economic analyst for US. Personable, quick witted, bright, excellent conversationalist. Years Top trainee. Steve Ripley proved himself through perseverance, determination and zeal to succeed.
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THANK YOU

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