Short Shorts QuestionsChoose the option that fits the best description:1. What Are the Relevant Facts?A. Lucy is a waitress at a beach restaurant where shewas told to wear jeans and a restaurant T-shirtwhen she was hired.B. Don, the owner, needs new campaigns to increaserestaurant business during the winter months.C. Don chooses revealing uniforms for the waitressesto draw more male customers to the restaurant.D. Lucy objects to wearing the new uniforms and isreceiving unwanted advances from customers sincethe uniform change.2. What Are the Ethical Issues?Could this be a sexual harassment issue?А.B. Should waitresses be forced to wear uniforms thatmake them feel uncomfortable in front ofcustomers?c. Should customers be allowed to harass thewaitresses?D. Is it discrimination if male waiters continue to wearthe original uniform?3. Who Are the Primary Stakeholders?LucyB. Donc. Other waitersD. Other customers4. What Are the Possible Alternatives?A. Let Lucy wear her original uniform. Also allow theother waitresses to return to the original uniform.B. Fire Lucy because she won't wear the new skimpyuniform.Develop other promotional strategies that do notexploit workers.C.D. Lucy could bring harassment and/or discriminationcharges against Don and the Sandtrap.5. What Are the Practical Constraints?A. The new uniform is not the same as the originalwork attire. Since Don changed uniforms, Lucy hasthe right to complain.None of the waiters should take customer abuse,В.especially if the tight-fitting blouses and shortshorts are provoking the situation.c. The restaurant has treated male and female waitpersonnel differently. 7:28< Jaell ühösi Short ShortsMINICASE: MGMT - 11BUSINESS ETHICS PROGRAMShort ShortsТоpic:Workplace Policies and DiscriminationThe SandtrapDon, Manager of The SandtrapFred, Owner of The SandtrapCharacters: Lucy, EmployeeLucy, a college student, is a waitress at a popular eating and drinking establishment calledThe Sandtrap, located on the local beach. This restaurant is known for nightly bands andgreat entertainment. The usual uniform for waitresses is jeans or similar long pants and a"Sandtrap" T-shirt.Business is always good during the spring and summer months while everyone isvacationing, but during the winter months there is a steady decline. In an effort to improvebusiness during the off-season months, Fred, the Sandtrap's owner, tried a number of newstrategies and gimmicks to increase patronage. A past plan was to include extended happyhour specials and complimentary forger foods to customers. His latest successful strategy isto require all waitresses to wear low-cut and tight-fitting shirts and very short shorts.Sales have improved with the new dress, but there have also been some problems. Manymale customers make lewd and abusive remarks to the waitresses, particularly after havingseveral drinks. Lucy is tired of being abused by customers' physical and verbal actions, soshe consults Don, the manager, and tells him that she will no longer wear the skimpy outfit.Don tells her to wear the revealing attire for the present.Now, in view of her complaints, Don has to decide what he is going to do. He is reluctant toallow Lucy to go back to the old uniform since he is convinced that the new, revealingclothing is drawing customers that the restaurant badly needs.Author: Dr. Marilyn M. Helms, Associate Professor of Management, University ofTennessee at Chattanooga.©1992 Arthur Andersen & Co, SC. All rights reserved.Page I of 1

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1. What Are the Relevant Facts? A. Lucy is a waitress at a beach restaurant where she was told to wear jeans and a restaurant T-shirt when she was hired. B. Don, the owner, needs new campaigns to increase restaurant business during the winter months. C. Don chooses revealing uniforms for the waitresses to draw more male customers to the restaurant. D. Lucy objects to wearing the new uniforms and is receiving unwanted advances from customers since the uniform change. 2. What Are the Ethical Issues? A. Could this be a sexual harassment issue? Should waitresses be forced to wear uniforms that В. make them feel uncomfortable in front of customers? Should customers be allowed to harass the C. waitresses? D. Is it discrimination if male waiters continue to wear the original uniform? 3. Who Are the Primary Stakeholders? Lucy A. в. Don c. Other waiters Other customers D. 4. What Are the Possible Alternatives? A. Let Lucy wear her original uniform. Also allow the other waitresses to return to the original uniform. B. Fire Lucy because she won't wear the new skimpy uniform. c. Develop other promotional strategies that do not exploit workers. D. Lucy could bring harassment and/or discrimination charges against Don and the Sandtrap. 5. What Are the Practical Constraints? .The new uniform is not the same as the original work attire. Since Don changed uniforms, Lucy has the right to complain. B. None of the waiters should take customer abuse, especially if the tight-fitting blouses and short shorts are provoking the situation. c. The restaurant has treated male and female wait personnel differently.

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