Day 137 - 19 Jun 95 - Page 15


     
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     2   Q.   Has that policy altered significantly or not?
     3        A.  No, that is the policy and has been.
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     5   Q.   Is that a rule that the crew are expected to observe?
     6        A.  Everyone within the organisation.
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     8   Q.   I am at crew level at the moment.
     9        A.  Yes.
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    11   Q.   When a person joins McDonald's as crew, does he get a copy
    12        of this handbook?
    13        A.  Yes, they do.
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    15   Q.   Does anybody take through them?
    16        A.  Generally, as part of the orientation.
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    18   Q.   Would that provision normally be drawn to his or her
    19        attention at the time?
    20        A.  Absolutely, the way we want people treated within our
    21        restaurants.
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    23   Q.   Higher up the organisation, are any steps or measures taken
    24        to keep this issue of non-discrimination at the forefront
    25        of people's minds?
    26        A.  Absolutely, we have numerous training programmes, it is
    27        the subject of much talk and direct and support within the
    28        organisation.
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    30   Q.   How far up the organisation does this consciousness, this
    31        awareness, by training reach?
    32        A.  All the way up to the highest levels, to the CEO of the
    33        organisation.
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    35   Q.   An entirely hypothetical question, Mr. Stein, but sitting
    36        at the top of the pyramid as you do, or jolly nearly
    37        anyway, should it come to your attention that a joint
    38        venture partner overseas or one of your wholly owned
    39        subsidiaries was breaching this policy of
    40        non-discrimination, what would you at Oak Brook do about
    41        it?
    42        A.  I would ring him up immediately and speak with him and
    43        tell him very clearly what the policy of our Company is in
    44        this regard.  This is a basic tenet of our organisation,
    45        and this is our sense of fairness and how people should be
    46        treated.  It has -- you know, it is not, as you indicated,
    47        a legal obligation; it is both a moral and a business
    48        obligation.
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    50   Q.   Can you turn on some more tabs in that file to tab 9, 
    51        please? 
    52        A.  Yes. 
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    54   Q.   The first page sets out what the contents of this document
    55        seem to be:  Non-discrimination, sexual harassment,
    56        commitment to responsible student employment, statement of
    57        employment principles.  What is the nature of this document
    58        or these pages, what are they for?
    59        A.  These are policy statements that we have, that we
    60        disseminate to our employees, we post on our notice

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