Religious Discrimination - Publications - Faculty & Research

March 2018 (Revised November 2018)
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Managing Religion in the Workplace: Abercrombie & Fitch and Masterpiece Cakeshop

Challenges related to managing religion in the workplace are on the rise, as are religious discrimination claims and monetary settlements, in the United States and around the world. This case examines two incidents of alleged religious discrimination that made their... View Details

Keywords: Religious Discrimination; First Amendment; Religious Freedom Restoration Act; Business Ethics; Religion And Business; Management; EEOC; Ethics; Religion; Conflict Management; Retail Industry; United States

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07 May 2019
Cold Call Podcast

Managers, Are You Prepared to Handle Religion in the Workplace?

Keywords: Re: Derek C. M. van Bever

07 May 2019
News

Managers: Are You Prepared to Handle Religion in the Workplace?

29 Mar 2016
Working Paper Summaries

Do CEO Activists Make a Difference? Evidence from a Field Experiment

Keywords: by Aaron K. Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel

24 Jun 2016
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Is It Safe for CEOs to Voice Strong Political Opinions?

September 2022
Case

Deciding When to Engage on Societal Issues

By: Hubert Joly and Amram Migdal

This case provides brief descriptions of 18 examples of corporate leaders confronting questions of whether and how to engage with societal issues, including social, political, and environmental issues. Social issues include COVID-19; social and racial justice;... View Details

Keywords: Political Issues; Social Justice; Racial Justice; Environmental Issues; Social Issues; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Values and Beliefs

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20 Sep 2016
First Look

September 20, 2016

organizational studies, on the one hand, and Jewish studies, on the other. One addresses leadership but not the religious soul. The other speaks from its Jewish soul but is only secondarily engaged in the study of leadership. More Than... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Jun 2013
Working Paper Summaries

Social Norms Versus Social Responsibility: Punishing Transgressions Under Conflicting Obligations

Keywords: by Francesca Gino, Celia Moore & Lamar Pierce

27 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

Religion in the Workplace: What Managers Need to Know

Workplace, using two high-profile cases of religious discrimination that were argued before the US Supreme Court in recent years: one about a young Muslim woman who battled Abercrombie & Fitch for... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage; Apparel & Accessories

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Diversity and Inclusion - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

socio-economic status, political and religious affiliation, physical or mental disability, veteran status). This section addresses some potential "blind spots" around student identities and offers advice on discussing sensitive topics... View Details

08 Oct 2021
Blog Post

8 Stories from PRIDE for National Coming Out Day

(he/him), Class of 2022 “August 2, 2020 was the start of my Coming-out-iversary, the first time I told the world, ‘I’m gay.’ Despite knowing I was different since adolescence, conservative religious and societal pressures prevented me... View Details

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2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

Algorithmic Bias and Discrimination Associate Professor Ayelet Israeli + More Info – Less Info Digitalization and artificial intelligence (AI) have made an abundance of data and technological tools available to companies. Firms are... View Details

20 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

When CEOs Become Activists

passed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), allowing businesses to cite religious freedom as a defensible reason to deny service to a customer. Critics, who included a number of high-profile CEOs,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology; Publishing

19 Jun 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018

religious discrimination claims and monetary settlements, in the United States and around the world. This case examines two incidents of alleged religious View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

19 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Racist Umpires and Monetary Ministers

business and economics as a whole. Eyes On The Ball In order to determine the effect of racial discrimination on baseball games, Parsons and colleagues Johan Sulaeman of Southern Methodist University, Michael C. Yates of Auburn... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports; Information; Publishing

20 May 2019
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Activist CEOs Are Rising Up—and Their Customers Are Listening

When former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz announced earlier this year he was thinking about running for president of the United States, it wasn’t a new idea. Past CEOs seeking the White House have included Carly Fiorina, Ross Perot, Herman Cain, Steve Forbes, Mitt... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

08 Jan 2007
Research & Ideas

Who Rises to Power in American Business?

privileged families have always had an easier path to traditional power. Those on the outside—foreigners, women, African-Americans, non-Protestant religious affiliations—often pursued other paths to power. When doors were closed,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

19 Jan 2011
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under the Hood: Wealth-based Discrimination in Illicit Customer Help Authors:F. Gino and L. Pierce Publication:Organization Science 21, no. 6 (November-December 2010) Abstract This paper investigates whether an employee's perception of... View Details