Marble Industries Hired Virtually All of Its Employees from Union

question 29

Essay

Marble Industries hired virtually all of its employees from Union High School, which was overwhelmingly white in its racial makeup. Accordingly, there were virtually no nonwhite employees employed by Marble Industries. The work that these employees performed was work that any reasonably capable high school graduate could do. When organizations representing nonwhites questioned the policy, the personnel director indicated that Union High School graduates were hired because they had worked successfully for the company and because the president of the company had graduated from that school. There was no evidence that there was any plan or intention to discriminate against nonwhites. Discuss the possibility that this policy may violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.

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Definitions:

Approach-avoidance

A psychological conflict that involves being drawn to and simultaneously repelled by the same object, situation, or action.

Avoidance-avoidance

A decision-making process involving a choice between two equally undesirable outcomes or options.

Approach-approach

A conflict arising from having to choose between two desirable outcomes.

Double approach-avoidance

A psychological conflict that involves being torn between two goals, each possessing both appealing and negative aspects.