Scenario 2.1: Workplace Relationships
Ms.Aslani,a young woman who immigrated from Tehran,had a past relationship with her senior manager,Mr.McKinnon.She held a low paying administrative support position with a local private manufacturing company.During the relationship,they would frequently text each other with sexual messages.The relationship ended after two months,but the texting by Mr.McKinnon continued.The employee both verbally and by text said that the texting made her uncomfortable and requested that the senior manager stop texting.The texts did not stop,and Ms.Aslani became stressed and took a leave of absence.After several months,when the texting continued despite the employee's threats to contact the police,Ms.Aslani left the company.The company did not have a policy on employees' social use of communication technologies while at work.
-Please refer to Scenario 2.1.How would you best define discrimination to the employees and managers at this company?

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Discrimination refers to the denial of equal opportunities to someone based on their group characteristic such as race, age, religion or gender. In this scenario, Ms. Aslani was denied equal opportunity for professional growth as a result of her relationship with a senior manager. The unwanted sexual texts are also examples of sexual harassment. The lack of policies to prevent such discrimination and harassment shows that the company needs to improve its workplace policies and culture.