Scenario: Ahmed is a software developer who has been with the company for $2$ years. He is a

diligent employee with strong performance reviews. As a practicing Muslim, Ahmed needs to

pray $5$ times per day including once during typical work hours. The office has a couple of vacant

meeting rooms, but they are often booked. Ahmed has asked his manager Lisa if he could be

provided a private space to pray for $10-15$ minutes during the afternoon. Lisa is worried about

setting a precedent and wonders if this request should be treated the same as someone asking

for a dedicated smoking room.

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$2.$ Scenario: Janet is a financial analyst who listens to Christian music through headphones while

working at her cubicle. Her neighboring coworker David has complained multiple times that

Janet's music can still be heard through the headphones and that he finds the religious

messaging disruptive. David is an atheist. When Janet's manager Henry gets involved, Janet

argues that it is her personal religious expression and she should be allowed to listen to that

music to get through the workday.

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$3.$ Scenario: It's the month of December and the company has put up a Christmas tree, strings of

lights, and other decorations in the lobby and common areas as they do every year. However,

this year a new employee named Miriam has complained to HR that she is Jewish and does not

celebrate Christmas. She finds the overwhelming and company$-$endorsed celebration of a

Christian holiday to be exclusionary. The company does have sections for other religious holiday

decorations but they are much more modest.

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