Human Resource Department Management Report

When Johnson & Johnson’s (New Brunswick, N.J.; www.jnj.com) HR department addressed a memorandum to executives expressing the view that the company had potential “areas of vulnerability” to employment discrimination lawsuits, it did so with only the best of intentions: It was HR’s responsibility to identify and propose solutions for limiting the company’s exposure. But, was drafting a memorandum expressing these concerns the most prudent way for HR to communicate the message to executives?