You are the staffing manager of an organization that informally discourages you and other managers from hiring people with disabilities. The organizations rationale is that people with disabilities are unlikely to be high performers or long-term employees, and are costly to train, insure and integrate into the work unit.
• What is your ethical assessment of the organization’s rationale?
• What is your legal assessment of the organization’s rationale?
• Do you have an ethical obligation to change that rationale?
• If so, describe what you would do to change the organization’s rationale.