Problem$-$Solving

Application$-$Firefighters, $46$ and $54,$ Sue for Age Discrimination

The Mount Lemmon fire district in Arizona fired two firefighters, aged $46$ and $54,$ who filed an age discrimination lawsuit in response. This activity is important because the legal constraints surrounding age discrimination as well as the OB issues that might lead to such a situation arising in the first place are both essential for managers to understand.

The goal of this activity is for you to consider what might lead to such a climate within an organization and what can be done to remedy it$.$

Read about the age discrimination lawsuit filed by Guido and Rankin against the Mount Lemmon fire district. Then, using the three$-$step problem$-$solving approach, answer the questions that follow.