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- From: mmwang@adobe.com (Michael Wang)
- Subject: Re: nkill
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.015903.10936@adobe.com>
- Sender: usenet@adobe.com (USENET NEWS)
- Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated
- References: <1992Nov16.232936.196@fid.morgan.com> <1992Nov17.021554.28446@adobe.com> <1992Nov17.222507.26632@fid.morgan.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 01:59:03 GMT
- Lines: 32
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- In article <1992Nov17.222507.26632@fid.morgan.com> sethb@fid.morgan.com (Seth Breidbart) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov17.021554.28446@adobe.com> mmwang@adobe.com
- >(Michael Wang) writes:
- >>Suppose we have the following situation. In 1990, employee A who is
- >>female, is not given promotion, which is instead given to employee B,
- >>a male who was much less qualified than A. Despite this clear-case of
- >>sex discrimination, A stays with the company. In 1992, the same
- >>position becomes available again. However, this time, employee C, a
- >>male who is much more qualified than A is also in the running for the
- >>promotion. Should A be granted preferential treatment and be given the
- >>promotion over C (who is better qualified) because of the
- >>discrimination against her in the past?
- >
- >A can be compensated by the company for the discrimination. Why
- >should C suffer because somebody else discriminated?
- >
- >More importantly, suppose they now grant the preferential treatment to
- >A. C has now been a victim of discrimination; in 1994, the position
- >opens up again and now D is more qualified. Should C get it anyway?
- >When does this end?
-
- But what if A really wants the promotion because of the new and
- interesting challenges that it presents, etc., etc? Suing for monetary
- compensation only would not give her the job that she wants. Without
- the promotion, she may never be able to climb further up the corporate
- ladder. Also, is it simply enough to use money to redress past
- discrimination considering the fact that it is often very difficult to
- prove?
-
- --
- Michael Wang
- mmwang@mv.us.adobe.com
-