Critical Employment, Ethical, and Legal Scenarios in Human Resource Development

Abstract

This OER contains problem-based, teaching scenarios for instructors to use as they seek to develop the ability of students to critically think about employment, ethical, and legal situations that can occur in the workplace. As organizations seek to achieve their diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, difficult situations and conversations may occur between workers. Using teaching case methodology does not seek to provide answers but opens up questions and debates among students. Of course, legal statutes and mandates are indeed answers but there are challenges to mandates and statutes in the court systems. Preparing to engage appropriately within these difficult situations and conversations require knowledge, workplace training and education, and the appropriate behavior from all employees. Hughes (2019) describes the knowledge, workplace training and education, and behavior as diversity intelligence. Critical thinking questions that guide participants’ examination of the case content are included. The learning activities allow participants to engage individually or with others. Students may be asked to create learning and/or training activities, assessments, multimedia artifacts, etc… as they engage with the content form this book.