List all the facts relevant to this situation:

You work in the HR department of a national retail chain that sells merchandise both in stores and online. A 55-year-old employee named Kevin who works in the department that oversees online orders came to your office. He complained that he was passed over for promotion in favor of a 40-year-old. Kevin believes that he is more qualified than the person promoted, and he says he heard a rumor that the Director of Operations favors younger employees. Kevin believes that he was not promoted for that reason alone, so it was age discrimination.

You learn from your own supervisor, the HR manager, that in a management meeting there was a discussion about website difficulties. Your supervisor, who was in the meeting, tells you that the Director of Operations commented "maybe we need to get some younger blood running things down there" in reference to the department that oversees online orders. There was nothing more specific and your supervisor guesses that any leak came from a secretary who was present. Your supervisor tells you to "find out about this and take care of it."

QUESTION 2

You work in the HR department of a national retail chain that sells merchandise both in stores and online. A 55-year-old employee named Kevin who works in the department that oversees online orders came to your office. He complained that he was passed over for promotion in favor of a 40-year-old. Kevin believes that he is more qualified than the person promoted, and he says he heard a rumor that the Director of Operations favors younger employees. Kevin believes that he was not promoted for that reason alone, so it was age discrimination.

You learn from your own supervisor, the HR manager, that in a management meeting there was a discussion about website difficulties. Your supervisor, who was in the meeting, tells you that the Director of Operations commented "maybe we need to get some younger blood running things down there" in reference to the department that oversees online orders. There was nothing more specific and your supervisor guesses that any leak came from a secretary who was present. Your supervisor tells you to "find out about this and take care of it."

What would you do?

	A.	Investigate who leaked the comment with a view toward discipline. Start by confronting the secretary who was in the meeting.
	B.	Discuss the promotion process with the supervisor who made the promotion decision. If you discover that there was no proper creation of a pool of candidates, undo the promotion and start the process properly
	C.	Investigate the process that produced the promotion, including whether the comment about "needing younger blood" was conveyed to the supervisor who made the promotion decision. If so, evaluate whether it appeared to have played a role in the decision. If you conclude that age bias tainted the decision, discuss with management how to find a resolution fair to all partied involved
	D.	Tell Kevin that there could not have been age discrimination because the person who was hired was in the same protected group as Kevin (40 and over). Even if the supervisor making the promotion decision thought the Director of Operations wanted someone around 30, that did not happen.

QUESTION 3

Defend the option you chose in question 2

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The detailed answer for the above question is provided below Option C is the most appropriate course ... View the full answer