Issue
In today's litigious environment, many companies have confronted
class action lawsuits alleging situations such as:
- Employees coping with
a bad work environment or a hostile work environment.
- Harassment or discrimination.
Some law firms specialize in this
work and actively seek clients. Settlements or judgments
can involve large monetary payments, new programs such as
mentoring, job posting, talent development, diversity training,
or other internal changes, and pervasive monitoring by an
external advisory board.
These issues are commonly managed on an ad hoc basis. Even
without lawsuits, companies frequently incur far more expense
and have processes and policies that heighten exposure more
than they realize.
Prudent risk management calls for a centralized view of
current expenses and areas of potential vulnerability, and
an action plan. One goal is avoiding
crisis reputation
management, or recovery mode. The action plan should focus
on how to improve the environment at work and on building
corporate reputation.
Solution
MDB Group can assess your current expenses and potential
vulnerability, and develop proactive management plans. Our
assessments combine data from EEO/AA, diversity, people
process, legal, and media into a comprehensive picture with
any appropriate recommendations that might avoid or reduce
the impact of a lawsuit. Of course, it must be acknowledged
that anyone may still file a lawsuit against your company
and no one can guarantee immunity.
Sample results
See representative results achieved by MDB Group's principals
at
Lawsuit Vulnerability.
Related links
Concern about lawsuit vulnerability inter-relates with other
aspects of diversity and inclusion. Click the links below
for more insight:
