In this assignment, you will analyze a complaint letter that outlines significant concerns within CapraTek related to wage disparities, gender-based discrimination, sexual harassment, and racial discrimination. Your task is to propose preventative measures that could have been implemented by the company, to avoid legal liability. Your analysis and recommendations should consider salient facts from the complaint letter, applicable U.S. federal laws or regulations, potential harm to the company and its employees, and ethical implications. Furthermore, you will identify individuals and departments responsible for implementing the proposed measures and suggest possible legal defenses for the company in case of litigation.
Assignment Requirements
Analyze the complaints within the CapraTek Employee Complaint Letter [DOCX] and associated liability. Develop recommended measures that could have reduced liability for CapraTek. In formulating your analysis and recommendations, include the following:
Summarize salient facts alleged in the complaint letter, identifying viable legal liability exposure for a company.
Describe associated U.S. federal laws or regulations and how they are relevant to the identified liabilities.
Discuss the potential harm to the company, its employees, and its workplace culture that could result from a lawsuit emanating from the selected complaint.
Propose multiple realistic preventative measures that could have been used to avoid legal liability, using objective and fact-based arguments.
Identify the individuals and departments that would need to be involved in the proposed measures.
Suggest possible, viable legal defenses the company could assert in a litigation context in order to defeat the complainant’s claims, including a rationale for use of the strategies. Suggesting legal defenses typically involves a challenge to the allegations themselves, any contribution on the part of the employee bringing the case, a lack of credible evidence, or other potential factors beyond the control of the employer, et cetera.
Analyze the ethical implications of the scenario and suggest measures that address ethical issues.
Apply a recognized ethical code or framework (e.g., the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Society for Human Resource Management Code of Ethics) and clearly connect the conduct to ethical principles.
