Complaints about the lack of advancement for minority executives also may be turning off some prospective students, said Fatima A. Saliu, a black second-year MBA candidate at Emory University's business school. Recent discrimination lawsuits filed against Coca-Cola, Georgia Power and Lockheed Martin have made her extremely cautious about which company she'll go to work for. Civil rights struggle shifts to legal fight for full rewards of corporate workplace. The famous lawyer uses celebrity to battle corporations. Coca-Cola, Georgia Power, Lockheed Martin, Waffle House.
Suits can have long-term effects on public image.
Noose incidents rise in frequency. Traditional 'Atlanta Way' not holding. Bondurant takes on the corporations. Lee Rhyant is the new vice president and site general manager at the Lockheed Martin plant in Marietta. More local business news in our text-only version of Today's Paper.