I stumbled across a cool blog called That’s What She Said that analyzes episodes of The Office and estimates their workplace discrimination liability.

Yesterday’s entry reads:

We’ve Come a Long Way (Except for Michael and Dwight)
Litigation Value: $50,000.

In this week’s episode of The Office, Michael Scott is on camera calling Kelly Kapoor dusky and exotic, and then Dwight Schrute, the assistant to the regional manager, refers to her southern India birth before he threatens her. A jury somewhere will find against Dunder Mifflin for race discrimination. Of course, that jury would have to ignore Kelly sabotaging Dwight’s and Jim’s bonuses and then claiming she was raped when she was caught in her misconduct. (”You cannot just say that you’ve been raped and expect all your problems to go away. Not again, don’t keep doing that.”) But still, some people will sympathize with Kelly.

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In any event, HR professionals and managers must be on the lookout for any racial, ethnic, sexual, or other kind of discrimination. If your company allows this activity to go unnoticed or you foster an environment in which this behavior is allowed, your company could be held liable. It’s hard to stay on top of this, but no one ever said it was easy.

That’s what she said.

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