Hrm 593

Denora Sarin, a Cambodian immigrant and a practicing Buddhist, was employed as a systems engineer with Raytheon Company. Shortly after Sarin was assigned to work on a particular project, Goldberg, one of the workers, approached and taunted Sarin saying, "What's Buddhism? What kind of Buddha do you worship: the skinny Buddha or the fat one?" Sarin also claimed to be physically harassed by another employee, but after Sarin reported the conduct to his supervisor, it was not repeated.

Goldberg continued to mock Sarin's religion on several occasions, and when Sarin later asked him to perform certain work, Goldberg shouted at him, "You're not my boss. You have no right to tell me what to do. You don't know me very well. I can do a lot of things that you cannot imagine." Goldberg also told Sarin that he (Sarin) came to the U.S. to destroy and ruin the system of this country.

Sarin again reported the conduct to Goldberg's supervisor. Sarin was extremely disturbed by the incident and took the rest of the day off. When he returned to work the next day, Goldberg had been transferred to a different work area. Goldberg was subjected to a discipline hearing because of Sarin's complaints. Goldberg denied Sarin's allegations, and there were no other witnesses of the incidents. No discipline was imposed on Goldberg, but he was warned he would be severely disciplined if he harassed Sarin in the future.

Sarin continued to experience anxiety attacks, and suffered chest pains; he denied the company's offer to change shifts because the night shift would still overlap with that of Goldberg. On the recommendation of his doctor, Sarin resigned from his job. Sarin then filed a complaint with the state EEO agency and with the EEOC, and later filed suit against Raytheon under Title VII. Identify the possible claims under Title VII discrimination available to Sarin and assess the likelihood of prevailing under the claims. Determine whether Raytheon should be held in violation of...