Dive Brief:

• John Young, an Asian-American and former senior research scientist with Educational Testing Services (ETS), in Princeton, NJ, is suing ETS for racial discrimination and retaliation, according to an article at NJ.com.
• In the lawsuit, Young claimed he "experienced years of racial discrimination" at the company, which administers the SAT and the GRE exams. ETS fired Young in 2014, saying it had received complaints about Young from a female co-worker, but according to Young's attorney, his client was never questioned by HR about the alleged remark.
• The lawsuit, as reported by NJ.com, lists several examples of how ETS tolerated racially discriminatory comments by managers, specifically one named Scott Paris, a vice president for esearch who was hired in 2011, according to Young.

Dive Insight:

In his lawsuit, Young claims his grievances about Paris, who was "engaged in workplace bullying and unethical treatment of employees," were never taken seriously. For example, when a female Korean co-worker complained of treatment by Paris, Young reported it to ETS HR but was never contacted.

For its part, ETS, which has run into race discrimination issues in the past over SAT exam bias, sent a written statement to NJ.com:

"ETS does not comment on personnel matters, especially in legal cases, but we stand by our strong commitment to diversity in the workplace and to advancing learning worldwide," wrote ETS spokesperson Tom Ewing.