Ethics have a major impact in the way companies hire and fire employees. Today, more than ever, companies are susceptible to lawsuits for a myriad of reasons from wrongful termination to policy violation to violating equal employment rights. Many of these organizations spend years entangled in the legal system and accumulate thousands of dollars in legal fees. More often than not, many are bankrupt as a result while others downsize and pay out millions to victims. According to the 2016 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) report, there are more than 88,000 discrimination cases filed for the fiscal year 2014. There are extensive arguments to be made on both sides when employers such as Borgata Casino refusing employment to
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Similarly, numerous empirical studies have debated the issue of appearance selection and whether it constitutes a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (Alder & Gilbert, 2006; Hamermesh & Jeff, 1994; Johnson, Podratz, Dipboye, & Gibbons, …show more content…
However, ethics and law are two different issues; an ethical violation may or may not be intentional and it is not law, whereas, a law violation is the willful disregard of a written code, be it federal, state, or municipal. First, ethics has to do with the morals, values, beliefs and the Borgata culture. The implication is that Borgata Casino is willing to sacrifice intellect in place of appearance and generating revenue versus taking care of the employees. As Alder and Gilbert (2006) alluded to, “while ethical managers must follow the law in their hiring practices, they cannot be satisfied with legal compliance” (p.1). Secondly, the law (Title VII) is written in a vague and ambiguous manner that the Judicial Branch and Legislative Branch are at odds on the interpretations. Case in point, Justice Scalia dissented in Lewis v. City of Chicago, by stating that the reading of the statue produced puzzling results. Moreover, intent must be proven to have a violation of the law and ethics cannot be proven indefinitely one way or the other. Therefore, Borgata Casino’s philosophy may be in violation of ethical standards and done in bad taste; however, it apparently has not reached the tipping point of discriminating against race, sex, religion, color, and national
Similarly, numerous empirical studies have debated the issue of appearance selection and whether it constitutes a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (Alder & Gilbert, 2006; Hamermesh & Jeff, 1994; Johnson, Podratz, Dipboye, & Gibbons, …show more content…
However, ethics and law are two different issues; an ethical violation may or may not be intentional and it is not law, whereas, a law violation is the willful disregard of a written code, be it federal, state, or municipal. First, ethics has to do with the morals, values, beliefs and the Borgata culture. The implication is that Borgata Casino is willing to sacrifice intellect in place of appearance and generating revenue versus taking care of the employees. As Alder and Gilbert (2006) alluded to, “while ethical managers must follow the law in their hiring practices, they cannot be satisfied with legal compliance” (p.1). Secondly, the law (Title VII) is written in a vague and ambiguous manner that the Judicial Branch and Legislative Branch are at odds on the interpretations. Case in point, Justice Scalia dissented in Lewis v. City of Chicago, by stating that the reading of the statue produced puzzling results. Moreover, intent must be proven to have a violation of the law and ethics cannot be proven indefinitely one way or the other. Therefore, Borgata Casino’s philosophy may be in violation of ethical standards and done in bad taste; however, it apparently has not reached the tipping point of discriminating against race, sex, religion, color, and national