JWU Week 5 Age Discrimination in the Workplace Case Study

Although there are many forms of  employment discrimination, age discrimination is increasing due to the  aging of the workforce and the Baby Boomer generation. Google has faced  two high profile cases related to age discrimination. Read the case

Age Discrimination in the Workplace: Learning from Google’s Experience

discuss the following:

How might leadership have contributed to a culture at Google that leads to age discrimination?

Assess the suggested solutions for age  discrimination on pages 8-9 of the case. What do you think is the most  effective suggested solution and why? What else might employers do to  proactively avoid age discrimination?

Explain how employment-related  discrimination of any kind is an ethical issue and how discrimination is  related to corporate social responsibility.

Age Discrimination in the Workplace: Learning from Google’s Experience