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You want to promote the top performing foreign team member to a leadership position, but you are told by the other team members that women are not allowed to hold positions of authority. When you bring it up with their manager, you are informed that it is the subcontractor's policy not to promote women, and that in their country, it is culturally considered offensive for a man to take orders from a woman. What is the BEST way to respond to this situation? A. Request that the team attend sensitivity training B. Promote another team member, but find a different way to reward the woman for her work C. Do nothing, because discrimination against women is a cultural norm in the subcontractor's country D. Inform the subcontractor that they must adopt a non-discriminatory policy or you will be forced to terminate the contract and find a subcontractor that does not discriminate against women
If promoting top performing foreign team member to a leadership poistion with the restriction based on gender is the subcontractor's policy then they must adopt a non-discriminatory policy.
D is the right appraoch . We should respect & give chance to every human being if they have talent irrespective of their gender ,ethnicity & religion
D. Inform the subcontractor that they must adopt a non-discriminatory policy or you will be forced to terminate the contract and find a subcontractor that does not discriminate against women
Sounds like a PMP question. D will be my answer regardless of gender, race or religion. If a person deserves for his/her effort provided, He/she should be recognized by all means.
Answer: DExplanation: Sexism, racism or other discrimination should never be tolerated, no matter what the circumstances. You must separate your team from discriminatory practices, even if those practices are normal in the country where you're working.
B. Promote another team member, but find a different way to reward the woman for her work
Option A-request that the team attend sensitivity training.
Always the main objective in any business is to protec my company's benefits, yet without supporting my team i will never achieve my company's goal.
based on the above situation, and as it is very difficult to change a country's behavior, deffinetly i will Promote another team member, but find a different way to reward the woman for her work to keep my team's high morale.
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