ABSTRACT

A female safety professional at plant level has an affair with one of her male safety staff member for a number of months. After the relationship had ended, the safety professional evaluated the safety staff member’s work performance, which was previously identiŸed as excellent, and graded him as poor. As a result of this evaluation, the safety staff member was demoted and transferred to another less desirable facility. The safety staff member Ÿles a claim of discrimination. As the corporate safety director, what are you going to do?