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- From: martinc@hatteras.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin)
- Newsgroups: soc.singles
- Subject: Re: nkill
- Message-ID: <MARTINC.92Nov18125211@hatteras.cs.unc.edu>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 17:52:11 GMT
- References: <1992Nov16.232936.196@fid.morgan.com> <1992Nov17.021554.28446@adobe.com>
- <1992Nov17.222507.26632@fid.morgan.com>
- <1992Nov18.015903.10936@adobe.com>
- Sender: news@cs.unc.edu
- Organization: UNC Department of Computer Science
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- In-reply-to: mmwang@adobe.com's message of 18 Nov 92 01:59:03 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov18.015903.10936@adobe.com> mmwang@adobe.com (Michael Wang) writes:
- 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.
-
- Make the award big enough, and she can start her *own* company -- and
- the company will have been hit where it hurts, i.e., the balance sheet.
-
- Also, is it simply enough to use money to redress past
- discrimination considering the fact that it is often very difficult to
- prove?
-
- If it is difficult enough to prove that you don't want to use a monetary
- form of redress, isn't it difficult enough to prove that C shouldn't be
- damaged because of it?
-
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