Hrm 2400 Sinclir

Desari Roberts

Case Study Assignment 3

EEOC v. TARGET CORP

This case involves the recruiting and hiring of Executive Team Leaders (“ETL’s” –

essentially, assistant managers) for target stores. The EEOC brought suit on behalf of

four African American applicants who were denied interviews and not hired. The three cases centered on the actions of a store manager, Matthew Armiger. Kalisha White failed to obtain an interview with Armiger. Her resume indicated that she belonged to an African American sorority. She was told by Armiger that he was too busy to schedule an interview. She then submitted another resume using a made up name and listing as her address a mostly white neighborhood. A white friend then posed as the fake person and called to make an appointment. While the white friend received an interview appointment, Kalisha White was again told by Armiger that he wastoo busy when she called. Ralpheal Edgeston also failed to obtain an interview. She

submitted her resume at a multi cultural job fair, belonged to the same sorority as Kalisha

White, listed African American Studies as one of her majors, and included the NAACP

among her organizational memberships. Despite having scheduled an appointment for a

phone interview with her, Armiger failed to call at the agreed upon time and he refused to

return her later calls. Cherise Brown Easley also submitted her resume through the

multi cultural job fair and the resume listed “Metropolitan Alliance of Black School

Educators” among her organizational affiliations. She received an appointment for a

phone interview, but Armiger again failed to call. When the applicant called the store

about a half hour later, she was told that Armiger had left for the day. She left a message

for him, but her call was never returned. During the week that Armiger failed to contact

Edgeston and Brown Easley, he had been scheduled to contact nine applicants. He also

failed to contact two white applicants, although...