Civil Rights Case Studies Samples For Students

Introduction

Equality and diversity are distinct terms though they are used interchangeably. Equality refers to equal opportunity for all so that fairer society can be created. Equality aims to eliminate prejudice and discrimination so that in the context of health care, services can be rendered without discrimination in a diverse society. In a healthcare setting, it means to make the service provider more accountable to service takers (patients) and avoid discrimination at workplace. Diversity which means difference, refers to respecting the differences in individuals and groups of individuals. It is very relevant when dealing with workforce. Equality and diversity are important in ...

I Have A Dream
Watching the video March on Washington made the fight for equality in 1963 seem more awe-inspiring. Martin Luther King’s speech, when I read it seemed a little too political and really focused more on the history of discrimination on the black people. Seeing the people march and sing almost in perfect unison sends a message that the American people really wanted change, and they did something about it. Take note that in the video, it was clear that not only the Negros were fighting for their cause but there were also white people who fought ...

Introduction

Discrimination takes many forms in the society today. It involves a group’s interaction or reaction, restricting an individual or group from opportunities that are accessible to them, resulting in the exclusion of the entities or individual based on irrational or logical or decision making as for the individual persons profile is discriminated based on a logical or a bias reason. There have been many efforts around the world by organizations and governments to eliminate all forms of discrimination.

This essay focuses on sex discrimination at the work place, its challenges and possible solutions. Time has significantly changed towards gender equality in ...

This paper will present an analysis of Martin Luther King’s “I have a Dream speech.” The analysis will focus on the five key elements of the five elements of dramatistic pentad. These are act, agency, agent, scene, and purpose.

Act:

The “I have a dream” speech was a speech that sought to fight for civil rights liberties and freedoms for oppressed Americans. Black Americans had suffered discrimination for centuries in the country. The speech began with a history of the suffering of the black people in America. It also gave an excellent portrayal of the struggles the black people ...

The African American Civil rights movement was a series of social and political protests whose aim was to bring to an end discrimination and racial segregation. Also, the social movement sought to secure the legal recognition and the protection of the African Americans by the federal government. The leadership of the Civil rights movement comprised of the African-Americans and selected Politicians. The labor union and religious groups were instrumental in financing and the organization of various activities of the social movement (Jamie 2).
According to the African-American movement was a grassroots outfit since most of the activities were organized ...

Ricci v. DeStefano, 557 U.S. 557 (2009) was a controversial case that was decided by the United States Supreme court. The case concerned racial discrimination practices by New Haven, Connecticut’s fire department. The department had eighteen employees where seventeen were white, while there was only one Hispanic. The company in 2003 had seven openings for captain and eight positions for lieutenant. The department administered civil service examinations to fill the positions. The test consisted of two segments where one was oral and the other was written. The New Haven Department of Human Resources issued and RFP for the exams ...

Abstract

The God squad group, mainly made of boys in junior and senior years, uses the 9/11 attacks as a rallying point for combination of white supremacist, racist, anti-Semitic, ant-Islamic, anti-immigrant, ant-gay, nee-fascist dogma mixed with a good dose of anti-abortion and fundamentalist Christian diatribe. The group catches the attention of the administration when they show up at school all wearing their uniforms and distributes the first edition of their weekly "newsletter". The” newsletter” contains highly offensive diatribes on how it is the "the duty of all true Americans to fight against the forces trying to destroy our country". The ...

Saudi Arabia and Australia:

A Linguistic Approach

Male and Female Workplace Interactions in Saudi Arabia and Australia: A Linguistic Approach

When a person talks about language, it is generally referred to as a mode of communication between people. However, different cultures and countries have languages that are vastly different from each other. If these societies spoke only their own local languages, communication would have become very difficult as people, even from different states from within a country in some cases, simply would not understand each other. This is where having a common language becomes a convenient mode of understanding, conserving individual social identity while promoting stronger social bonds ...

Management

The Problem Discussed in the Article
The problem, that is discussed in the research paper “Leadership styles of men and women in the Arab world” by the specialist Zahi Yaseen is quite actual till our days. The author chose the United Arab Emirates for the investigation. Men were traditionally dominated in the majority of issues in Arab countries. In this case, the place of women and their rights in society were limited. The woman’s struggle for equal rights for women and men took place in the most of the Arab countries for a long time. It impacts on ...

Introduction

The case presented brings to forefront the issues relating to the biases and differences based on race, gender and culture. The case specifically highlights the one time where Coca Cola had to pay a humongous sum of $192.5 million to Linda Ingram and three other African American former employees of the company in a case filed against the company on the grounds of racial discrimination. According to these plaintiffs, the top officials of the company Coca Cola would continually abuse them by way of name-calling, even hindering their career growth. This particular case brought to light one of the ...

- What are the justifications for workplace drug testing?
For a long time, drug use has been a common problem at the work place in the United States of America. This was not until 1982 when the first random drug test was carried out at the work place. This set the ball rolling for the institutionalization of workplace drug testing. The justifications for workplace drug testing were informed by the accidents at the workplace that were attributable to drug use and abuse. For instance, the first random test for drugs at the work place was in the United States Navy. ...

Introduction

Hiring professional and skilled employees is the key objective of the Human Resource Management (HRM) department. For the purposes of the realization of this strategic objective, the HR manager is obliged to pursue equality in provision of working opportunities for all employees regardless race, sex, nationality or any other supplementary factor giving ground for unequal attitude. In this particular situation, the managers of the company request the Human Resource Department to resolve issue pertaining to division of quotas between ground crew and other employees. With that, the attention of the managers is focused on the age of the employees ...

Brian Short v. State of Florida

The Main Issue
Is the “Maintaining the size of our children law” in the State of Florida is unconstitutional considering the imposed marriage prohibition on the basis of height?

Relevant Legal Concepts

Under Section 1 of the 14th Amendment, no state shall enforce any law that would abridge the privileges and immunities of the citizens of the United States, nor shall any state law should deprive any individuals of their liberty, life, property, denied jurisdiction of equal protection of the law and without due process (Schubert, 2008, p. 24).
Civil rights is a basic proponent of the Constitution stipulating that personal liberties ...

What kind of vision does MLK offer in the letter from Birmingham jail? A positive one to strive for or a negative one to avoid?
In his letter, Martin Luther King’s vision seems to be a negative one to avoid. He provides the recipients of the letter with a realistic view of what the circumstance of blacks actually is and what the effects of discrimination and segregation has caused. He ensures that the reader is aware of why he is taking action and why it is important for others to do the same. He consistently admonishes the reader ...

John Locke’s Social Contract Theory:

Introduction:
The Social Contract Theory argues that people’s morals and obligations depend on an agreement among them in order to form the society in which they reside. John Locke's argues that the state of nature of man is perfect, and no one is to interfere each other’s’ lives. He states that even though the state of nature is one without punishment from the authority, it is not pre-moral (Friend, 2004). In Hobbes's argument, he points out that without identification and recognition of a universal authority, chaos is the order of man. In contrast to this, Locke and ...

The film describes a group of employees of a fictitious company «Initech». Shortly after the start of the film the company hires two consultants named Bob (namesake) in order to help the company reduce its costs. These two Bobs basically interview employees to determine who need to be fired.

CORE ISSUE

Peter is in stress. His work in office reduces his effectiveness because of his stress. Peter knows that he risks being dismissed in the list compiled by Bobs. An absurd accident comes at a time when his girlfriend takes him to the medical hypnosis therapy. The physician-hypnotherapist dies of a ...

While diversity and equality represent the goal in today’s multicultural society, racialized groups continue to be disadvantaged in the business environment. African-American employees need to work harder in order to keep their jobs and to advance in their careers, and they are more likely to be fired for unsubstantial reasons. African-American women are less likely to be promoted in the corporate world than any other group in the country, including White women. As Galabuzi (94) shows, as of 2000, racialized groups in Canada earned less than Whites, despite having similar studies and experience. Furthermore, racialized groups were more ...

- (a) Identify and briefly describe 3 consequences of Title IX that were positive.
The first positive consequence of Title IX is that Girls and women’s teams have had access to equitable facilities, equipment and uniforms. Before the Title IX laws and regulations come to being in 1972 women and girls were facing some many challenges including discrimination against when allocating resources. The fact that there were few women and girls in sports before 1972 meant that women and girls were not interested in sports. Even though there were at least some women and girls who participated in ...

Abstract

The Great War and the American civil war have had immense effects on the historical, political, social, and cultural context. The outcomes and the processes of the war have greatly influenced the development of the humanity discipline. These ideologies have then been spread over the world to other nations thereby stamping America as the most dominant nation in the world. Furthermore, there have been greater interdisciplinary relationships in humanity and new ideas have been developed. These ideas have gone a step further to enhance the streamlining of governance and social structures by incorporating people from diverse backgrounds.

Wars throughout history ...

Introduction

Harassment law is one of the many laws of the country that covers a lot of ground, specifically in the fair treatment of other human beings in the workplace. When looking through different sources, and when looking for terms and definitions in general, the most common form of harassment to appear is sexual harassment.
This may not be the only form of harassment, but it is the most common as it is the most obvious difference in people in a workplace. More often than not, harassment begins as nothing more than banter in a workplace, this type of exchange (and sometimes ...

REYNOLDS V. ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC., 454 F.3D868 (8TH CIR. 2006)

Parties: Appellant; Bethany Reynolds, Respondent; Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc & Dave Burns
Procedural History/ Case Nature: The respondent was sued by its former employee, Bethany, for infringement of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. Bethany also in the same suit enjoined David Burns her former immediate supervisor, negligent and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The suit was brought to Court District of South Dakota, where summary judgment was granted to Ethicon and Dave. Bethany appealed.
Facts of the Case: Bethany was employed by Ethicon as a sales representative. Three ...

The question on whether affirmative action is still necessary in American context remains a controversial issue in a modern society. This issue raises a heated debate among scholars and members of the public who articulate contradictory views on this matter. A greater position of the population holds the view that affirmative action remains relevant in the American context. The proponents affirm that the government has the sole responsibility of establishing institutions that will foster for effective implementation of affirmative action. However, this predisposition is highly criticized by the opponents who articulate that affirmative action holds no meaningful position in the American context. ...

The term ‘macro-environment’ refers to the set of forces that influence the functioning of all the businesses at the market (Dibb and Simkin, 2008, p.26). In political terms, the fragrance market is likely to be impacted by the major trends in international relations (e.g., the conclusion of international agreements, openings and closings of markets). Similar, given the fact that the Middle Eastern producers of fragrances tend to export them to the markets of other countries, the state of the economic relations between the Middle Eastern countries and the rest of the world is highly important for exporters. Moreover, the ...

Garayalde-Rijos v Municipality of Carolina

The case was brought before the court of appeal in the in the United States and the parties to the suit were; Waleska garayalde being the plaintiff who was suing Jose Aponte Dalmau the mayor for the Municipality of Carolina and the Municipality of Carolina.

Facts of the case

The plaintiff Waleska garayalde filed a suit of gender discrimination with the Equal Employment opportunity commission (EEOC) alleging the municipality of Carolina refused to accord her equal opportunity of being a fire fighter based on the fact that she was a woman. She further alleges that, less qualified men as compared to her were ...

Introduction:

Description:
The court case deals with a dispute over an easement given on a car park's property. At the time of the trial, the respondent had been attempting to limit the amount of time that the easement was allowed to be used while a tavern owner contended that the patrons of their business would be unable to take full advantage of the area during important hours. The limitation of five hours on the parking area’s use would profoundly limit the access that their customers have to parking. The rights of the easement as expressed by the grantee have ...

A.) Daisy can file an unfair dismissal complaint against her previous employer, The Chopping Block. As an employee for 14 years with the company covering the years 2002 and 2016, there was no justification for her dismissal based on the grounds of for lateness and rudeness to staff and customers in February 2016. In fact, Daisy was not given a fair notice that the question of her dismissal for incapacity was being considered by the employer, and she was not afforded an opportunity of being heard or to explain her side. The reinstatement of the discharged employee is the ...

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Introduction

InterContinental Hotel Brisbane made an initiative for indigenous workers in the creation of an exclusive unit which provide special arrangements and services. They even have their own hiring unit and room for such purpose. Other workers have reacted to this situation and have imputed racial discrimination. This case will be examined in the light of equal employment opportunity (EEO) and diversity.

Equal Employment Opportunity

There are three approaches one can take for equality and diversity: liberal, radical and diversity. In this situation, the approach is just liberal with the principle of positive action. This means only some assistance is ...

Introduction

Domestic violence has adverse impacts on the development of a child. In fact, the emotional turmoil created by growing up in such an environment heightens the chances of the infant engaging in rebellious activities such as drug abuse and other denial behaviors in their youth. With this in mind, it is worth appreciating the fact that Susie’s exposure to childhood molestation at an early age contributed to her drug problems and overall response to his abusive marriage. Since she witnessed her mother withstand the abuse she received from his father, she felt obliged to keep up with his ...

Abstract

The essay looks at the social problem of racism in society. Racial and ethnic minorities are seen a poorer quality of health care as compared to the White non-minorities. Although the sources of these disparities are complex, they are rooted in historic inequities. Racism in health care industry involves many participants and at different levels, such as the healthcare systems, healthcare professionals, and the patients. Stereotyping, biases and uncertainty contribute to disparities in the treatments provided. Minorities experience a range of barriers when accessing health care. The purpose of the essay is to study the social problem and what ...

In the United Kingdom, there are Listing Rules that require all companies with a premium listing of equity shares to abide by the Code; failure to which they must give shareholders a reasonable explanation as to why they did not comply. This principle is commonly referred to as, comply or explain. The United Kingdom Governance Code contains broad principles and provisions that are more specific and its effective for it covers issues such as risk management, remuneration, role of board of directors and relations with shareholders (Rafael 3).
Duties of directors are covered in Chapter 2 of the Company's ...

The Vietnamese had suffered so much in the hands of the Japanese and the French. In 1941, they formed a military and political movement called Viet Minh, meaning League for Independence of Vietnam. This movement did its best to challenge the Japanese and defeat the French. The struggles eventually led to the freedom of the Vietnam nation; it was led by Ho Chi Minh. Minh was a source of inspiration to the people of Vietnam since he led them to their freedom; he was seen as a national hero. Despite the controversy over whether he was a communist or ...

Vietnam is the country located in the Southeast Asia. It is one of the rising economy in the Southeast Asia. The economy of the Vietnam is one of the fastest growing economy of the world. There has been steady growth in the economy of the Vietnam since long time. Before the 1980s the economy of the Vietnam was highly centralized planned economy. It have shifted to the socialist oriented market economy after 1980s. The economy of the Vietnam is based on the agriculture. They use both directive and indirective planning.
The data presented on the table provides a clear ...

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Introduction

A seldom noted observation device geared to monitor the movements of every passing motorist is rapidly spreading on America’s thoroughfares. “Automatic license plate readers” that are placed on police cruisers or on stationary locations such as bridges-utilize small high speed cameras to take pictures of thousands of license plates every minute. The data taken by the readers-inclusive of the plate of the vehicle, the date, time and area of the scanning-is then gathered and at times lumped together into regional data pools. As a result of these activities, innocent motorists have their private information taken and pooled into ...

According to the demands of modern life, education is considered to be the inherent component of success. In order to become a well-rounded personality ready to face different challenges, one is expected to study. However, obtaining education is a difficult process that consists in both triumphs and failures and depends on extrinsic factors, which are usually not controlled by students. Among many other impacts that may be encountered in the course of learning, attention should be drawn to such factors as society, race, and home life, together with parenting.
Firstly, learning process can be discussed from the viewpoint of the ...

Question 1

Aggressive and counterproductive behaviors refer an employee behaving towards other employees in a manner that may cause harm to the employees and generally the organization. Aggressive and counterproductive behavior of an employee toward other employees may be caused by several factors. Considering the Cedar district hospital case, the aggressive and counterproductive behavior of Smith towards her subordinates and other managers could have been caused by the following factors (Fox and Paul 2005).
The first reason for Smith’s aggression and counterproductive behavior towards her subordinates and other managers, fall in the theory of individual difference also referred to personal ...

Neighbor Works, Cleveland, Ohio. Neighbor works America also known as Neighborhood Reinvestment Cooperation started as Neighborhood Housing Services of Pittsburgh. Its inception is believed to be in the year 1968 when a central north side resident of Pittsburgh Dorothy Mae started campaigning for better housing in the neighborhood. It is a non-profit organization that was congressionally charted during 1978 to provide housing services and programs in the state cities. The organization has a branch in Cleveland. It has been providing excellent services and programs for more than thirty-seven years to the residents of northeast Ohio. It is made up of more than ...

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- Describe the organizational culture of the Air Force Academy as presented in this case in terms of its similarity and differences to a typical college or university.
In many respects, there are similarities between the environment of a typical university or college and the Air force Academy. It is a common environment that creates a feeling of belonging, of identity for the students / cadets, provides a social support structure and consists of students of different ages and backgrounds working towards developing themselves and working towards their future.
However, in the case of the air Force ...

Source of Diversity Present at Eli Lilly

Gender
Gender is one source of diversity at Eli Lilly. In the year 2006, Eli Lilly had more that forty one thousand employees within its ranks in all its global outlets. Out of the number of the employees working in the United States of America, 45.4 percent of them were of the female gender. Additionally, 45.1 percent of its entire global workforce is also made of the female gender. This amounts to close to half of the workforce from either gender.

Experience

Experience at the workplace is very important. It is one of the factors that employers consider when ...

Introduction

A woman in Palestine has a major role in her society, which is being part of the formation of the family. The formation of the family has different units, nuclear, transitional, or hamula or the extended family. Hamula or the extended family is the most common family formation in the Palestinian community. The tradition and teachings of the Quran have significant influences for the rights of women in Palestine. Hanan Riyan Bakri, a counselor of Women’s Social and Legal Center based in East Jerusalem traveled throughout the Occupied Territories to lecture Palestinian women about their rights . Generally, parents who are ...

As a fundamental of contemporary society, law is crucial in enabling society coexist and interact in an orderly manner. The case in study suggests a typical case scenario where an official happens to be related to a potential case defendant, abate on current bitter terms. This may be a reason for the official’s procedure to prosecute the brother-in-law, bringing about the issue of discretion. It is present when an agency has two or more alternatives, to a given case, with regard to case proceedings and prosecution. In this case under study, it may hold true or not that the official’s brother-in-law is ...

The Arab Spring has been going on for the last two years. While the peaceful protest that started in Tunisia was over in the country after about 3 months, it took Libya about 6 months to finally stampede over the authoritative regime of Kaddafi. Kaddafi’s fall however, did not actualize the desires of a liberal and progressive democracy. Libya’s revolution backfired as the absence of a central authority led to civil unrest and the rise of extremists’ movements. In Egypt, the fall of Hosni Mubarak in 2011 was seen as the culmination of freedom and the triumph of democracy ...

2. What impact did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 have on the black community in Cleveland?
The 1964 civil rights act was of benefit to the blacks in Cleveland. The blacks got the right to vote for the leaders of their choice. The blacks were also allowed to vie for political seats like other citizens of the United States. The act also gave the blacks the right to use public facilities such as hotels and schools that were also attended by the whites. This means that discrimination reduced and more interaction between blacks and whites in public ...

Business

As a church employer in your religion, requiring that the building engineer be of the same religion is justified on the basis of Section 207 of the Civil Rights Act prohibition against discrimination in employment on the basis of religion. Craig (2008) stated that bona fide occupational qualifications or BFOQ refers to employment qualifications that employers are allowed by law to take into consideration in the course of making business judgments in hiring and selection of employees. The employers take into consideration that such qualification is closely related to the fundamental function of the job or fundamental in the operation ...

Question 1

The United States Congress amended the United States Constitution on the Fourteenth Time on July 9, 1868. The goal of the amendment was to grant citizenship for freed slaves. The amendment also gave these newly freed US citizens protected civil rights. For business these had several implications, the most important of which was the movement away from the feudal system of business which was practiced by Europeans. The land-lord and slave labor system existed as an economic system, with often detrimental results. The Fourteenth Amendment also created an imbalance between the states in the north and the states in ...

Hiring on the Basis of Looks

Answer 1) There are different legal and ethical perspectives and aspects related to the case. While legally A&F might not have directly indulged in anything wrong since under the federal law, it is legal to consider physical appreance when making employment decisions (Fenton and Keller 2013), the company is indeed ethically wrong. The stereotyping ‘A&F look’ that necessarily considers classic American looks when gauging physical appearance is ethically incorrect to say the least. These ethical considerations embroil the company in the number of legal angles too like discrimination based on color, race, and gender; which are strictly prohibited under ...

Introduction

There have been increased awareness on ethical business and environmental degradation within the recent decades. Just like human, organizations are held responsible for their actions. This paper explores the ethical theories and concepts as they apply to the case study of the OK Tedi Copper Mine. The new CEO of BHP, Paul Anderson had just come in office and faced with the task of managing what people had referred to as the world’s greatest ongoing “environmental disaster” (Velasquez, 2012).

Utilitarianism

Utilitarianism is a normative ethical theory that places the locus of right and wrong solely on the consequences or outcomes ...

Budget Analysis

This paper analyzes the most recent budget request of the state of California. The state is approximately 158,706 square miles, and it is the 3rd largest state by size. The highest level of population recorded was 37,396,000 by the department of finance. It is nicknamed the Golden state. The current Governor holding office is Edmund G. Brown Jr. The California budget is carried out through a year long process. The Department of Finance is responsible for the preparation, explanation and administration of the state annual financial plan. The Governor then submits the budget request in January to ...

The business industry has been marked by an increasingly rising number of litigation cases in the recent years, employment issues being the most common ones. Perhaps this increased trend of employees suing their employing companies for discriminatory acts has come into play due to the growth in the number of laws protecting group rights particularly after various movements that characterized the twentieth century. Employee discrimination against women has been targeted after the civil rights Act of 1964 when the female gender was added to the list of the protected people. Moreover laws such as Title I of ADA (Americans ...

Chapter 14: How do we help prevent child labor?

The case study on Chapter 14 focuses on Maria and her persistent efforts to take out the girls working in big factories. She wanted to advocate to their families that they must be schooling and not working. She also let them see the risky conditions inside the factory, the hazardous work conditions. For an instance, some of the under-aged girls entangled into road accidents since they work on a night shifts. Some girls were also maimed, another losing a finger with the sewing machine. The girls work very hard and the salary is meager. They expose themselves to fabrics which is ...

HRM practices and business strategy

There is a close link between a company’s business strategy and its human resource practices. This is because they both affect organizational development and the business environment. It is important for any company to align its human resource management practices to its business strategy because only then will employees work effectively to achieve the company’s objectives. In human resource, individuals are managed and considered to be important strategic resources that can be used by the firm to gain competitive advantage through improved performances. Therefore, the manner in which human resources are managed must correspond with the company’s business ...

Women and gender studies: gender violence

Gender violence is a common issue when it comes to gender related problems. Even though, there are a few cases where men are the victims of gender violence, it is the women who suffer most from this problem. 95 percent of the cases of gender violence reported are usually female victims. The women who fall victims of gender violence include the married women, female children who are abused by their parents, dating women and at times women who experience gender violence at their places of work. Women are mostly the victims of gender violence because in most cases they are referred ...

While delivering babies normally, it is noted that there is usually no equality for patients’ payments. This disparity arises due to the type of insurance cover they use to pay for this service. The hospital understands this and so a proposal for a new policy that will enable equality since the service is similar. As a hospital administrator the nurses have expressed their concern for equitable patient care. Accordingly, I have to determine whether the type of insurance coverage influences the patient’s overall and daily charges. This study will give results that will help me determine whether it is better or ...

My Community

Raleigh became a state in 1792 being an administration center rather than a business center. Initially appearing to be a dull and sleepy town, Raleigh was to grow and become the capital city of North Carolina State. Currently, Raleigh stands out to be the largest municipality of the 12 municipalities of Wake County characterized by a population of over 600,000 residents; African Americans, Asian Americans, Whites and Hispanic ethnicities. Raleigh harbors a plethora of museums theaters together with recreational parks, all closely connected with its history and inhabitants.

Raleigh has undergone remarkable changes in terms of its central focus, education, business, housing and ...

Greg James, a global manager at Sun Microsystems, Inc (Sun), earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from Stanford University. He then got a chance to work at Sun, where he could look into technological innovations as Sun represented a combination of opportunities. Sun also had the stability of a well established technology company which would nurture James’ professional growth and development. He started as an individual contributor of development projects and within four years, he was a team manager in the Data Protection and Recovery department, where he succeeded in his duties as a manager. After receiving the coveted Sun Outstanding Manager award ...