Discussion

dq 1Boys Behaving Badly
(graded)
The “All
Erection” Crane Company has been in business for many years. The company
sells and leases cranes and other heavy industrial equipment. Most of the sales
force is male, and most of the office help is female. There is a lot of humor
associated with the company’s name. The salesmen’s business cards and office
stationary feature the picture of a crane with the company name “All
Erection,” and the slogan, “All Erection, All the Time.” The President
of the Company, Pete Sakes, spends very little time at the company’s facility,
spending most of his time on the road developing business and buying equipment.
Pete claims he had no knowledge of the incidents described below, except as
noted.dq 2
The Pregnant
Professor (graded)
Abagail Adams was
hired as an associate professor of economics at Heartland University. She was
the first woman professor hired in the department. When she was hired, she was
given the same three-year time period as all other associate professors at
Heartland U. to establish herself as an academic through teaching ability,
publishing multiple articles in peer-reviewed journals, and developing a
rapport with colleagues in the department through committee participation and
attendance at professional conferences. After three years, as was the custom,
she would face a tenure vote, and would either receive tenure and be promoted
to full professor, or be denied tenure and given one year to locate another position.