The case presents a usual incident relating to racial discrimination at work. In the article, 3 firefighters, who are of white race, filed a suit against a former fire chief, who is of black race, for passing them over for promotion for being in the racial minority in Jacksonville's Fire Rescue department. Legally, the 3 white employees have the right to complain because of the fact that they were the next in line for promotion but they were passed over simply because of the alleged reason that they did not reflect the cultural diversity of the fire department. According to the labor code, it is a legal right of every employee to receive fair and just treatment at work regardless of race. Hence, the act of the fire chief using race as a barrier in the career growth of the 3 firefighters is against human rights.

             The case of the firefighters also deals with ethics in a workplace. Morally and ethically, race should not be an issue in a work environment especially in the subjects of work promotion. This is the reason why cultural diversity is being promoted by many companies to ensure that racial discrimination is not welcome in their organization. However, perhaps due to the reason that Jacksonville is an area that has a large percentage of black residents, the fire department chief was influenced by many factors that favor his own culture; as to the case in the article, there is competition at work between black and white firefighters and the fire department chief favors firefighters that belong to his race. There are cases when race is being considered as among the factors to a job because it has relation to the duties and responsibilities that a person has to perform in his work. However, if race is not an element that can affect the roles and responsibilities of an employee, it is unethical to discriminate them because of their race. This is true in the case of the 3 white firefighters versus their black fire chief.