1. What are the legal and ethical issues in this case?

2. What is your evaluation of the concept of the “A&F look?”  Have you personally observed

this concept in practice?

3. Are the employment practices of A&F discriminatory?  Are they unfair?  What ethical

principles or precepts guide your analysis? Since Abercrombie did not admit guilt, does the

settlement bring closure to this issue of “looks” discrimination?

4. What could A&F and other retailers be doing, that they are not doing, that would make

their hiring practices less controversial?

5. Where do you draw the line on A&F’s hiring practices? Are there acceptable ways in

which they could pursue “the look” in employment? If so, how do you determine what is

acceptable and what is not?