Collaboration: Legal Issues in Evaluating Teams

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Companies Turn to Grades, and Employees Go to Court
This New York Times article on the legal challenges made to "stack ordering" of company workgroup teams. It discusses suits filed against Microsoft, Ford, and Conoco, saying the workgroup rating system favors white males over other groups of employees. Read the article and write a recommendation for company evaluation policy at a place you have worked recently.

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