Ford Motor Co. informed its employees today that it would be changing its evaluation system, which has been the target of at least six lawsuits alleging age discrimination. The implementation of Ford’s vision to diversify its management ranks involved positive evaluations and bonuses to supervisors who successfully hired and promoted diverse candidates. The lawsuits attacking the evaluation system claimed that the system involved quotas, weeded out older white males, and replaced them with females and minorities.
See "Ford changes worker performance reviews", Chicago Tribune, July 9, 2001