Is racism sufficient cause to fire someone from their job?

In the wake of the August 12 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in which three were killed and dozens injured, that's the question buzzing in the brains of employers all over the country. 

A new report from the Society for Human Resource Management points out that it's a disturbing realization for an employer that an employee has taken part in a white supremacist rally — particularly in the case of deaths and injuries.

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