In my own opinion with this case I do feel that the complainant has been a victim of gender inequality and victimisation by her boss however I do not think as an organisation itself, Microsoft should branded as being a sexist company, solely from the fact that more males work there than females. In my opinion I think if Microsoft got rid of their Stack Ranking and instead replaced these with continuous monitoring and reviews this could have helped prevent this situation. I also believe if the Stack Ranking was no longer a practice for Microsoft it could create a happier work force as currently I would imagine the workforce are all in competition with each other which could lead to long term stress and unhappy employees. If this is the case
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Indirect discrimination is where certain requirements, conditions, policies or rules are put in place that apply to everyone but that puts someone with a protected characteristic at an unfair advantage. An example of this could be a case I found that had reached the media regarding a school and its uniform policies. In Appendix 2 is the case where a boy of Afro-Carribean descent started his new secondary school but was however turned away on his first day due to his hair being in ‘corn rows’. According to Matthew Taylor (2011), the boy states that the Corn Rows he was sporting, were part of a family tradition and that the pupil had never cut his hair and had always worn them in corn rows like most of the other men within his family. The case states that the school had a rule set out which was that all boys had to have the traditional short back and side’s haircut. In my opinion, I feel that the schools uniform policy could be considered outdated. With the frequently changing population, cultures and racial backgrounds that are within this country the Schools policy needed to have changed to fit in with the current times. If the School had researched more into the type of students that are attending their school alongside with their backgrounds and traditions this could have been diverted. However I understand from the Schools point of view, if ‘G’ had read the uniform policy initially it could have given time for the school to make adjustments for him starting from their side or
Indirect discrimination is where certain requirements, conditions, policies or rules are put in place that apply to everyone but that puts someone with a protected characteristic at an unfair advantage. An example of this could be a case I found that had reached the media regarding a school and its uniform policies. In Appendix 2 is the case where a boy of Afro-Carribean descent started his new secondary school but was however turned away on his first day due to his hair being in ‘corn rows’. According to Matthew Taylor (2011), the boy states that the Corn Rows he was sporting, were part of a family tradition and that the pupil had never cut his hair and had always worn them in corn rows like most of the other men within his family. The case states that the school had a rule set out which was that all boys had to have the traditional short back and side’s haircut. In my opinion, I feel that the schools uniform policy could be considered outdated. With the frequently changing population, cultures and racial backgrounds that are within this country the Schools policy needed to have changed to fit in with the current times. If the School had researched more into the type of students that are attending their school alongside with their backgrounds and traditions this could have been diverted. However I understand from the Schools point of view, if ‘G’ had read the uniform policy initially it could have given time for the school to make adjustments for him starting from their side or