1. What are the legal and ethical issues in this case?
2. What is your evaluation of the concept of the “A&F look”? Have you personally observed this concept in practice?
3. Are the employment practices of A&F discriminatory? Are they unfair? What ethical principles or precepts guide your analysis? Given that Abercrombie did not admit guilt, does the settlement bring closure to this issue of “looks” discrimination?
4. What could A&F and other retailers be doing that they are not doing now that would make its hiring practices less controversial?

According to an attractive young woman, a student at Northwestern University, the same thing happens to her every time she goes shopping at Abercrombie & Fitch. On at least three occasions, store managers have approached her and offered her a job. This young woman, Elizabeth, measures in at five feet six inches tall and has long blond hair. She has an attractive, stylish appearance. Elizabeth looks like she belongs in an A&F catalog.