Read Case 5: Disparate Impact Analysis in the Tanglewood Casebook Supplement. Refer to the

details there, including the Historical Hiring and Promotion Data chart to write a thread that

answers the following 3 questions. You only need to write a paragraph for each question.

1. Compute flow and concentration statistics. There are two different methods for

conducting disparate impact analysis in this case. One is to contrast the representation of

White employees compared to non-white employees as a group. Another is to contrast the

difference in representation of White employees compared to specific racial/ethnic

subgroups (e.g., White compared to African-American). Because the case is being

brought specifically on behalf of an African-American plaintiff, this is the most important

contrast, but Tanglewood would like to see what the data look like for non-Whites as a

whole as well.

A. Examine the selection ratios for all job categories, and determine whether the

evidence points to disparate impact discrimination using the 4/5th ratio.

B. Examine the concentration data and determine whether the relative proportions of

White, non-White, and African-American employees are similar across job

categories, or if there appears to be a concentration of White employees in upper

management positions. 

2. Describe how Tanglewood can make changes to their recruiting procedures to achieve

greater employee diversity in the future based on resources described in Staffing

Organizations, Chapter 3. 

3. Describe how Tanglewood can make changes to their promotion and career development

procedures to achieve greater employee diversity based on resources described in

Staffing Organizations, Chapter 3. Focus in particular on the internal recruitment