As COVID$-19$ took its toll on people and businesses around the world, several managers at a Tyson pork$-$processing plant in Waterloo, lowa, decided to have some fun, which cost them their jobs.Tyson, one of the world's largest meat producers, has meat$-$processing plants in $27$ states, including Iowa, Arkansas, and Texas, with more than $139,000$ employees and $2020$ sales of more than $$42$ billion. As COVID$-19$ spread through these communities, Tyson was criticized for not providing workers with adequate protective gear and for not shutting down plants until the virus spread to nearby communities.Several months into the pandemic, and as many workers became ill, the company initiated mass testing for its nearly $2,800$ workers at the Waterloo plant.According to four wrongful death lawsuits filed by employee families, as the workers underwent testing, seven managers at the Waterloo plant conducted an office pool, betting on the percentage of Waterloo workers who would test positive for the virus. The entry fee for the winner$-$take$-$all pool was $$50$ per person. Nearly $1,000$ of the $2,800$ workers tested positive for the virus, and the company was forced to stop production at the Waterloo plant for several weeks as more employees called out sick.One of the seven terminated managers said that the bettors didn't think the pool violated company policy and thought it was "kind of a morale boost for the managers for their efforts to combat the outbreak." An investigation led by former U$.$S$.$ Attorney General Eric Holder found sufficient evidence to lead to the firings, saying those involved violated the company's values. The company had asked Holder's law firm to investigate the allegations after public backlash threatened to damage Tyson's reputation and lower the morale of its workers.Because of the close proximity of employees on the processing lines in a meat$-$packing plant, local officials became concerned that Tyson workers exposed to the virus while at work could spread the virus to family members who worked in elderly care facilities, grocery stores, and other essential services. Many of the Waterloo plant's employees are immigrants and refugees from Mexico, Bosnia, Burma, and several African countries who live in multigenerational households, which could help spread the virus. According to public health officials, this type of community spread could get out of control very quickly and ignite outbreaks elsewhere. As of this writing, in Black Hawk County where the Tyson Waterloo plant is located, there have been more than $13,000$ cases and $225$ deaths.In the early months of the pandemic in $2020,$ the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention $($CDC$)$ reported that more than $16,000$ U$.$S$.$ meat plant workers had tested positive for the virus by the end of May and $86$ had died$-$those numbers were more than four times the numbers reported a month earlier in April. In addition, the data underscored how disproportionately the pandemic was affecting minority workers; CDC data suggested that of the cases which disclosed race and ethnicity, $87\%$ involved minority workers.Questions$1.$ What do you think about the managers and their office pool? Could stereotyping of various employees have contributed to managers' Inability to see the office pool as inappropriate? Explain the reason