If they then practiced discriminatory behavior behind the scenes, they would set themselves up for major embarrassment.
So the financing companies say they should not be held responsible for any discriminatory behavior involved in arranging the loans.
To truly root out discriminatory behavior, many experts say, it must become easier for victims to gain redress legally.
Describing the firm's policies, she said: "We do not tolerate sexual harassment or discriminatory behavior of any kind.
Acorn surveyed 16 real estate agencies in Nassau County and found that 11 "exhibited persistent discriminatory behavior".
It now has mandatory half-day courses at which supervisors and managers are taught what constitutes discriminatory behavior and harassment.
The schools go on to prohibit "harassment or discriminatory behavior": Harassment/discriminatory behavior is one or more negative acts committed by one or more students against another student or group of students.
She also said Mozilla employees tend to have progressive leanings, and that she has not personally experienced discriminatory behavior from Eich in the Mozilla workplace.
Until leaders in nontraditional fields offer retention programs to clamp down on discriminatory behavior, women will be denied access to many careers that offer good pay and benefits.
The second inquiry, opened on the European Commission's own initiative, concerns claims of discriminatory behavior toward competing suppliers of mainframe maintenance services.
The commission also said it was opening a second, separate investigation on "its own initiative into I.B.M.'s alleged discriminatory behavior towards competing suppliers of mainframe maintenance services".
