Although we focus primarily on sex discrimination and sexual harassment in this chapter, other forms of discrimination are also prevalent in the workplace. Policies intended to benefit employees, like the oocyte cryopreservation perk discussed below, must be carefully designed to both avoid discriminatory effects and provide equal advantages to all.

Beginning in $2014,$ Apple, Facebook, and Google $($among others$)$ began offering female employees an unprecedented benefit$$subsidized oocyte cryopreservation, also known as $$egg freezing.$$ The rationale for this costly perk, which may exceed $$10,000$ per employee in expense, was to provide fast track women within the company the opportunity to delay childbirth as they work to advance their careers. The benefit has been both lauded as accommodating employee planning timelines and criticized for suggesting that work is more important than family. Some analysts have additionally identified potential discrimination and inequity issues relating to the benefit.

VALUE GOAL: To offer an equitable employment policy that provides for subsidized oocyte cryopreservation.

STRATEGY: Develop a strategy that would provide the benefit of oocyte cryopreservation to company employees in a fair and equitable manner.

LAW: Review the $2016$ journal article on legal and discriminatory issues related to oocyte cryopreservation.

Does this information affect or alter the strategy you developed? If necessary, refine your strategy to align with the law.

ETHICS: Your strategy in the above scenario could raise significant ethical considerations for both employer and employee. Apply ethics to your strategy by working through these four steps of ethical decision$-$making: $(1)$ describe the ethical dilemma, $(2)$ identify the stakeholders involved, $(3)$ analyze options $($including how each group of stakeholders will be affected$),$ and $(4)$ make a decision based on your analysis. After examining ethical issues associated with the strategy, determine whether any modifications should be made.

Please use new answers, make it sound personable and give proper ethical analysis. Thank you.