Subject: Conflict Management

Please help me with the following case. (Answer in Detail in Report or Essay form - Covering all questions)

Please do not provide AI (ChatGPT) generated response as they are inaccurate and doesn't help me in learning.

Case Study

In May 2020, peaceful protests exploded across the world, and in particular, in the US and Canada. However, in June 2020, Premier Doug Ford stated that Canada doesnt have the systemic, deep roots of racism that the United States does (Global News, June 2020). Canadians are not always aware that Black people have once been enslaved in Canada's territory or how those who fought and opposed enslavement were instrumental in building a diverse society in Canada. Anti-Black racism is prevalent in Canada today and there are many contemporary examples of it, including the violence that we see in police brutality. In 2018, the Ontario Human Rights Commission found that a Black person was nearly 20 times more likely to be shot and killed by the police in Toronto compared to a white person, data collected between the years of 2013 and 2017 (The Canadian Encyclopedia, 2022).

It is November, and your works year-end is December, this means that all your major projects, reports, and budgets need to be submitted to your manager in a few short weeks. You have learned that there is a peaceful march happening in your city against anti-Black racism, and you want to support the march by attending with your partner and your friends, however, it is happening in the middle of your workday. You know this is an important cause, and as an ally, it is important that you take actionable efforts to show you are against anti-Black racism in your community.

You have a one-on-one meeting with your manager, and you ask them if you can attend the peaceful march later this week during the workday. Your manager says no and states that you should prioritize your work. Later in a team meeting, your manager brings up the peaceful march and says that we should all focus on our work as it a busy time of year, and that racism doesnt happen at our company and in our community, so this is not our fight. You notice that your colleagues, who are racialized people, including Larry who immigrated from Nigeria as a child, are uncomfortable, but no one on the teams says anything.

You know that racism exists, and that as an ally, you have to say something. How do you handle this conflict and what tools do you use to help you better manage the conflict?

Questions

1. describe the relevant background of the problem,

2. provide context for the current social and political landscape (the who, what, where, and why) of where the conflict stems from

provide me with some history of the conflict (I have provided you with some resources to start you off below)

3. Identify which conflict resolution style you would use in this case: avoiding, competing, accommodating, compromising or collaborating, and why

4. Identify at least two (2) tools/ theories that you could employ when dealing with this case. Ensure that you adequately describe the tool/theory in your paper and explain how and why it is relevant to this case.

Tools and theories include: cultural competency framework, emotional intelligence, power and oppression (coin analogy), collaborative goal setting, dimensions of diversity etc.

5. Use the tools and theories to explain how you would manage the team dynamics, present your case while taking into consideration the different cultural and personal differences, and outline any power dynamics in the conflict.

Some resources to help you:

https://blacklivesmatter.com/herstory/

https://blackhealthalliance.ca/home/antiblack-racism/

https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2022/11/addressing-systemic-anti-black-racism-and-discrimination-in-the-justice-system-in-toronto.html

https://www.bcg.com/en-ca/publications/2020/reality-of-anti-black-racism-in-canada

https://newyouth.ca/en/resources/immigration/more-resources/whats-history-anti-black-racism-canada

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/anti-black-racism-in-canada

https://globalnews.ca/news/7017967/doug-ford-george-floyd-racism/