A Tense Time with Happy Days

By William F Meehan III, Charles G Prober, Randi Zeeler
2020 | Case No. ETH28 | Length 6 pgs.
This roleplay is designed for four students to practice a challenging conversation in a professional setting. It is set in a law firm, GBR, whose senior partner has a close professional and personal relationship with the main client contact at one of the law firms biggest clients, Happy Days. Problems arise when the main client contact at Happy Days makes comments that a female associate at GBR deems inappropriate. Students roleplay the challenging conversations that must then take place.

Learning Objective

To understand the challenge of raising issues related to inappropriate comments in a professional setting.
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