Tanya R. Li has been promoted to director of the Bank at the Urban Center. The customers serviced by the
bank are racially and ethnically diverse. The white tellers are in the minority and feel isolated. The tellers of
color feel that the white tellers do not understand the customers. In addition, James, a veteran teller, has
been discovered to have a criminal record prior to employment at the bank. Headquarters has a policy that
does not allow anyone with a criminal record to work in direct contact with money, but the supervisor who
hired James was not aware of the policy.
Tanya has identified three problems: (1) how can she make the tellers gain better understanding of each
other’s cultures? (2) How can she help the tellers gain better understanding of the customers’ culture?
(3) How does she deal with James, whose performance has been stellar since he joined the bank 15 years
ago?
Before trying to advise Tanya on how to proceed, consider these questions