Question: Please read 19.6 ethics case and answer the questions Ethics Cases 19.6 Ethics Case The town of Harrison, Several African Americans who were members of
Please read 19.6 ethics case and answer the questions
Ethics Cases 19.6 Ethics Case The town of Harrison, Several African Americans who were members of the New Jersey, adopted Ordinance 747, National Association for the Advancement of Colored which stipulated that "all officers and employees of People, Newark Branch (NAACP) applied for employthe Town shall, as a condition of employment, be bona ment with the town of Harrison but were rejected fide residents of the Town." Because of the implemen- because they did not meet the residency requirement. tation of this ordinance over a period of years, none The NAACP sued Harrison for race discrimination, of the 51 police officers, 55 firefighters, or 80 nonuni- in violation of Title VII. National Association for the formed employees of the town were African Americans. Advancement of Colored People, Newark Branch v. Although the town of Harrison is a small, primarily white Town of Harrison, New Jersey, 907 F.2d 1408,1990 community, located in Hudson County, New Jersey, it U.S. App. Lexis 11793 (United States Court of Appeals is clearly aligned with Essex County to the west and is for the Third Circuit) considered an extension of the city of Newark, which it 1. Can a neutral rule that has a discriminatory effect abuts. Newark's population is approximately 60 percent violate Title VII? African American. Essex County's civilian labor force 2. Does the residency requirement of the town of totals 391,612 , of which 130,397 (or 33.3 pereent) are Harrison constitute race discrimination in violation African American. In addition, two other counties- of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964? Bergen and Union counties-are within an easy com- 3. Was it ethical for the Town of Harrison to enforce a mute of the town of Harrison. The four counties have a residency requirement? total civilian labor force of 1,353,555, of which 214,747 are African American. Only 0.2 percent of Harrison's 19.7 Ethics Case The PGA Tour, Inc., is a nonprofit population is African American. entity that sponsors professional golf tournaments. The
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