Paul chose Billie for his team because she went to the same school as he had. He also felt that she reminded him of himself when he first joined the company.

When Maja was assigned to work in Russia she expected her employees to be less professional and less fluent in English than she was. She was very surprised to learn that her Russian counterparts were just as competent as her.

A restaurant manager will only hire men as busboys because she believes that they are able to carry more weight and are therefore more efficient.

An organization previously dominated by white males begins a diversity recruiting effort by asking employees to refer diverse people whom they know for jobs in the company. Because the current employees believe that these new hires would likely get promoted before them due to the diversity initiative, no referrals are made