The Ideal Candidate

The Ideal Candidate

The other manager seems to have the two general types of heuristics involved within his judgment . The two types of which are Representative Heuristic and Availability Heuristic . The former tends to reduce all the problem solving capability (in this case deciding on whether to hire the applicant or not ) by judging the current situation based on similar factors . On the other hand , the latter is primarily sought from the justifications based on memory (Wikipedia , 2007 ) The Representative heuristic is pretty much obvious since it can be inferred that the

br co-worker 's perception of the same individual has been generalized Since he did not divulge out his reasons , we might deduce to conclusions that he compared the criterion of the applicant based on how similar he perceives other people of her type . On the other hand , the Availability Heuristic may be implemented which possibly based on his previous experiences with an individual with the same qualification

There could be very serious legal and ethical consequences if the other manager 's decision is to be accepted . Of course , it is always the company 's decision whether to hire a particular applicant or not However , if the applicant would demand for some explanations why she was not hired , it is very likely that answers won 't be available due to the conduct of the other manager . In a worst case scenario , the woman could just deliberately a lawsuit of discrimination even without any proofs . Hiring discrimination complaints range from gender to pregnancy status , race , ethnic group , religion and age (Rossheim 2007 ) This can drag along not only other individuals within the company but the reputation of the company itself . However , in almost all situations , the discriminatory act in hiring can be very difficult to be identified (Furedy , 1996

In the internal operation 's clause , the higher authorities of the company might find out of the case and can possibly press charges against the other manager also for some discriminatory act . Add to that the very fact of his incapability to justify his decisions

On the ethical part , this aspect can never be really justified since different individuals have different philosophies . However , in a general sense , it would not be known whether the loss of such highly qualified applicant could have influenced the overall operation or even integrity of the whole company

Since there will be very serious implications for such decision , I would really demand some more info from my co-worker . In a very polite way , I would ask him how he rates applicants in to get hired . I will not question him about how he perceived the woman . Rather , I will ask him what he is looking for a person in to fulfill a certain job opening . We can arrange on a consensus in which parts of the hiring process we are most similar and in which part we are not . In to convince him , I can present him a checklist of his thoughts and...