Civil Rights: Laws or Morality

by Anne Fiedler, PhD

ExtensionActivities

Ask the students to read the BusinessWeek article, "No way to treat a lady," at
http://www.businessweek.com/careers/content/feb2003/
ca20030221_1282_ca011.htm?chan=search

The article discusses the largest class action discrimination suit (1.6 million women) against the largest employer in the world. Have the students discuss how such a thing can happen when there have been laws against this since 1964. Does this suit indicate that Wal-Mart is not socially responsible?