Frozen Tundra Products has a zero tolerance policy on discrimination and harassment based on race,color,gender,national origin,religion,or sexual orientation.The policy states that employees need to treat each other with respect.Aimee,a Frozen Tundra employee,is assigned a project with four other co-workers,including Norb,an openly gay man.Aimee has strong religious beliefs that homosexuality is immoral.She feels that acknowledging Norb in any way would be like accepting homosexuality,which goes against her religion.Thus,she refuses to communicate or work with Norb.How should Frozen Tundra handle this situation?

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Employers should be aware of the religious conflicts non-LGBT employees have alleged based on these policies. As the Buonanno v. AT&T Broadband, LLC case demonstrates at the conclusion of the chapter, the employer should not trample over the rights of other employees in order to address the issue of inclusion and avoid liability. In Buonanno, an employee with religious objections to homosexuality was terminated for refusing to sign a workplace document pledging him to value diversity, including on the basis of LGBT status. The court agreed that it was wrong for the employer to terminate the employee without trying to accommodate his religious beliefs.

Frozen Tundra Products Has a Zero Tolerance Policy on Discrimination