Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Whole Foods workers sent home for wearing
Black Lives Matter masks
Both are headquartered in Seattle, Washington,
whose residents are highly sensitive to social matters. Both are a leader
within the respective industry, online retailing and coffee shops. They are Amazon
and Starbucks. Amazon owns Whole Foods, an upper scale grocery chain store. Neither
Whole Foods nor Starbucks allowed its employees to wear clothes that explicitly
shows a political slogan or message, like “Black Lives Matter.” The grocery chain
store maintains and enforces the policy while the coffee shop chain bent its policy
and supported the BLM movement. Some employees of the grocery chain store whose
manager enforced the policy walked out to protest the company’s stance.
It seems like a highly controversial and sensitive
issue for management. Clouds are appearing and everyone can see them. The
management needs to judge whether they bring a storm that could change the
landscape.
Social movements often arise. It is a continuous challenge for the management.
Read the article and think about what you would do
if you owned a store with a restrictive dress code.
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