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Labor Board Says Google Could Fire James Damore For Anti-Diversity Memo (theverge.com)
According to a recently disclosed letter from the U.S. National Labor Relations Board, Google didn't violate labor laws by firing engineer James Damore for a memo criticizing the company's diversity program. "The lightly redacted statement is written by Jayme Sophir, associate general counsel of the NLRB's division of advice; it dates to January, but was released yesterday, according to Law.com," reports The Verge. "Sophir concludes that while some parts of Damore's memo was legally protected by workplace regulations, 'the statements regarding biological differences between the sexes were so harmful, discriminatory, and disruptive as to be unprotected.'" From the report: Damore filed an NLRB complaint in August of 2017, after being fired for internally circulating a memo opposing Google's diversity efforts. Sophir recommends dismissing the case; Bloomberg reports that Damore withdrew it in January, and that his lawyer says he's focusing on a separate lawsuit alleging discrimination against conservative white men at Google. NLRB records state that its case was closed on January 19th. In her analysis, Sophir writes that employers should be given "particular deference" in trying to enforce anti-discrimination and anti-harassment policies, since these are tied to legal requirements. And employers have "a strong interest in promoting diversity" and cooperation across different groups of people. Because of this, "employers must be permitted to 'nip in the bud' the kinds of employee conduct that could lead to a 'hostile workplace,'" she writes. "Where an employee's conduct significantly disrupts work processes, creates a hostile work environment, or constitutes racial or sexual discrimination or harassment, the Board has found it unprotected even if it involves concerted activities regarding working conditions."
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What facts? It was just some neckbearded geeks opinion. Most tech employees live in a bubble.
A key aspect of this decision is that they found his "scientific facts" to be dubious. The authors of the studies he cites have already said his conclusions were unwarranted, and I imagine that the Labour Board would defer to their opinions rather than trying to form their own.
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Thus his appeal to science was considered to be merely an attempt to justify his discriminatory statements. Personally I think that's a bit harsh, the guy probably believed his conclusions were correct, but the result is the same in any case. Catastrophic error resulting in statements that got him justifiably fired by Google.
const int one = 65536; (Silvermoon, Texture.cs)
SJW, n: "Someone I don't like, and by the way I'm a fuckwit" - AC
The useless "empowered women" at Google should feel ashamed of themselves.
If what was said in that memo "made them feel unsafe at work", maybe they should stay huddled up in their rooms at home to stay "safe".
As for the rest of your drivel, you really should educate yourself better.
The way to make a contrary argument is to do or at least cite a rigorous study that justifies a contrary conclusion.
I'm sorry, but if the science doesn't support your opinion then just interpreting it in a way that the author of the study themselves says is unjustified doesn't work.
const int one = 65536; (Silvermoon, Texture.cs)
SJW, n: "Someone I don't like, and by the way I'm a fuckwit" - AC
It doesn't matter about the science in the memo. He was a dick. Google fired him. End of story. There's no law that protects people from getting fired for being dicks.
I don't respond to AC's.
The research that Damore cited doesn't say what you and he think it says. The authors of those studies have publicly stated as much.
The mistake both you and Damore made is that while there are differences between men and women that are backed up by that research, the CONCLUSION you are drawing from those differences is not warranted. The differences are so small as to be irrelevant in this context and certainly not able to explain the gender gap at Google.
There's no point arguing with me about this, you need to take it up with the authors of the studies that Damore cited. Because unless they recant and beg forgiveness every court is going to cite them as evidence that Damore was just flat out wrong. In fact it's worse than that, because the only possible explanations are that Damore deliberately mis-represented the science or is too dumb to understand it.
Why are you, by the way?
const int one = 65536; (Silvermoon, Texture.cs)
SJW, n: "Someone I don't like, and by the way I'm a fuckwit" - AC