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Prima Facie: Illegal Discrimination

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While there might be times where discrimination was involved in the lack of promotion for individual, however, this particular case study seems to lack the ability to truly provide how this is possible. According to Robinson (2010), Prima Facie involves the process of having sufficient evidence before trail in a lawsuit or in some situations criminal prosecution cases (p. 27). Based off the information provided in this particular case study it would see that Carol is in a bit of a bind regarding Prima Facie. It does not appear that Carol has sufficient evidence to prove that there is illegal discrimination. While it is unfortunate that Carol was not selected for the position that she desired, it is challenging to prove if there was indeed discrimination
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