Online Forum - Hostile Workplace

Online Forum - Hostile Workplace 0

Submitted by Tiger4 on Saturday July 18 2009, @08:34AM

Tiger4 writes "A group of black Philadelphia police officers have filed a lawsuit against the police department and the city, alleging a hostile work environment due to a private website popular with police. It has received wide coverage.

From the CNN.com story,
" The suit alleges white officers post on and moderate the privately operated site, Domelights.com, both on and off the job.

Domelights' users "often joke about the racially offensive commentary on the site ... or will mention them in front of black police officers," thus creating "a racially hostile work environment," according to lawyers for the all-black Guardian Civic League, the lead plaintiff in the suit."

The site appears to be owned and operated by a member of the police force. But it is not city funded or operated. Management clearly knows it exists, it is possible police force members access it on the job, and the suite says members reference it on the job. Individual police force members have a right to their own opinions, but management has a responsibility to enforce the law fairly and equitably across the city and among their own workforce. What is the solution here?"

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