ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS Ethics Case Starbucks Corporation operates a national chain of upscale coffee houses, including outlets in Massachusetts. Employees are divided into four subcategories: store managers, assistant managers, shift supervisors, and baristas. Baristas are frontline employees who serve food and beverages to customers, are paid wages for hours worked, and have no management responsibilities. Starbucks stores maintain tip containers in which customers may deposit tips. The accumulated tips are distributed weekly to baristas and shift supervisors within the store in proportion to the number of hours worked that week by each individual. The Massachusetts Tips Act, applicable to the restaurant industry, stipulates that wait-staff employees shall not be required to share tips with anyone who is not a wait-staff employee. Starbucks baristas filed a class action lawsuit against Starbucks on behalf of all Starbucks baristas who worked in Massachusetts, alleging that Starbucks's policy of permitting shift supervisors to share in pooled tips violated the Massachusetts Tips Act. The plaintiffs alleged that their class consists of baristas who worked during an identified class period of six years. Starbucks challenged the certification of the class. Can the case be properly certified as class action? Did Starbucks act ethically in this case? Matamoros v. Starbucks Corporation Word Limit 250 Words APA Format

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