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Johnson Controls and Protective Exclusion from the Workplace (A&B)
Anne T. Lawrence
published: 2006 | Case Study | Business Ethics
Subject Area: Business Ethics; Human Resource Management
Key Issues: Health and Safety; Organizational Behavior; Women in Organizations; Ethical Reasonings
Case Description: Johnson Controls, a leading manufacturer of automotive batteries, decided to exclude fertile women from production jobs because of possible hazards of lead exposure to the fetus. The employees' union filed a lawsuit, claiming the company's policy of protective exclusion from the workplace discriminates against women.
# Case Pages: A-11; B-2
Case Number: 160018-13-1
Teaching Note: Yes
revised May 11/06
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