Equality in the Workplace Memo

Race, class, and gender still create many institutional challenges to equality in the workplace. As a senior
manager, it is your responsibility to address these inequalities in the workplace. For this assignment, you will
draft a memo to the CEO of your company, or a company with which you are familiar, that discusses the
following:
Describe an issue involving race, gender, age or class in the workplace.
Identify a regulation or standard of conduct that is being violated and fully describe the violation.
Provide three solutions to resolve this issue.
Your paper should meet the following requirements:
2-3 pages in length, not including cover and reference pages
Cite a minimum of two academic peer-reviewed scholarly sources to support your responses in addition to course material and reading resources

Course Material

Gillespie, M. (2014). Working-class families/working poor. In M. J. Coleman & L. H. Ganong (Eds.), The
social history of the American family: An encyclopedia (Vol. 1, pp. 1466-1469). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE
Publications Ltd. doi: 10.4135/9781452286143.n580
Glenn, E. (2015). Race, racialization, and work. In S. Edgell Gottfried & E. Granter (Eds.), The SAGE
handbook of the sociology of work and employment (pp. 93-108). 55 City Road, London: SAGE
Publications Ltd. doi: 10.4135/9781473915206.n6