Discrimination is only legal if you’re being discriminated based on your character and capabilities. It becomes illegal if it’s based on race, age, sex, religion, national origin, disability etc… AA is a law that works in opening career doors for a lot of groups especially minorities. According to the book this law requires employers that that obtain large federal government contract to develop and implement AA plans for hiring and promoting minorities. Another law is the EEO which allows employee to directly complain about discrimination. According to these two laws I don’t thinks Jim is violating any laws.…
1. In your own words, describe what privacy means and what privacy protection companies should give employees. I feel that privacy in the workplace means personal information that an individual shares with an organization is protected and will not be shared with any other individual or entity other than those who are required and have access to the information and those who have consent to view the information. In addition, privacy can refer to the degree that an employer observes and gathers facts on the activities such as various forms of communication such as telephone conversations and emails sent on work computers. Privacy protection in the workplace given to employees should include protection of their personal information.…
This argument affects the merit of the company. If a company were only to be worried about not discriminating against a minority group, then they would tend to lean back from hiring the white male and would hire, for example, the African American female. But while doing this, if the white male were to be more qualified for the job, then that is an argument of merit. Members of a historically discriminated group are in effect not necessarily victims; consequently, compensation is not necessarily owed, in this case, hiring the African American female. Hettinger has a list of reason of how failing to hire the most qualified person is unjust.…
Someone who is around their 30’s and doesn't know that shouldn't get hired because…
When researching the topic of bias, it doesn’t take long to realize the expansiveness of the topic and how far reaching this topic is. This topic also has crossover it areas also called, favoritism, discrimination, diversity, etc. When looking at the resources for this topic, such as chapter two of the text, Berman, Bowman, West and Van Wert (2015), which is dedicated to Legal Rights and Responsibilities. This also emphasizes the fact that this is not just a race issue and addresses sex, age, religion, disability, pregnancy, etc. This is covered based on unintentional as well as intentional discrimination, to include Affirmative Action.…
The following article is a case study is a survey period of cases that were not handed down by the United States Supreme Court, rather than the cases that were decided. My article was written by Peter Reed Corbin and John E. Duvall. Both attorney and partners of the FordHarrison LLP, Jacksonville , Florida. This article cover significant cases in the area of employment discrimination law decided by the United States Supreme Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit during 2014.…
The historical efforts of the mandates in Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action (AA) have made great strides. Their efforts have changed the manner in which many organizations recruit and promote. Moreover, the EEO and AA are the tools used in many organizations that increase opportunities for both females and minorities in their employee pool (Leonard, 1983). However, there may be instances where the programs used to promote equal treatment within the populace discriminates by its use.…
When it comes to implicit biases, I think it is important to recognize the difference between implicit biases that cause negative effects and those that do not. For instance, an example of a neutral implicit bias would be having the options of a red and blue Gatorade. Since your favorite color is blue, you are implicitly bias towards choosing the blue Gatorade. However, this bias has no effect on anyone else. A similar yet consequently different scenario would be choosing to sit next to your Caucasian peer in class rather than your African American peer because you are Caucasian.…
That was one of the few jobs a woman had at the time. But somewhere around that timeframe, she got married to Carl Friedan. And when she had to go on maternity leave in between children, guess what? They fired her! They were clearly not very understanding of the issue.…
Understanding protected class and the considerations and implications that this class of employees has on business is vital to embrace diversity in the workplace. Many laws have been established to ensure that all individuals have the same opportunities to compete and be successful. This essay will define protected class, compare and contrast Affirmative Action law against Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967. Additionally, the relationship between deservingness and attitudes toward social provision to groups and the relationship to Affirmative Action policy (Wilkins & Wenger, 2014) will be discussed. The protected class is defined as those individuals whose minority status is based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status (Siegel, 2004).…
Self Determination Right to self-determination is clearly stated in the Code of Ethics as a social worker’s ethical responsibility to their client. Self-determination means social workers will respect and promote the right of the client’s self-determination as well as assist them in an effort to identify and clarify their goals (NASW, 2008). In this case, the only time a social worker is able to limit the clients self-determination is when the client may pose a danger to self or others. In the case of Ms. Sanchez, self-determination may be seen as an ethical issue because of the setting she is in.…
Have you ever felt you have been treated unfairly at work or even in school? Did you feel this unfairness was because of the color of your skin or with whom you were associated? Oftentimes, one can feel they are being discriminated against because of the way they look or the group of people they choose to call their “friends.” Around the time of the 1960’s Civil Right Movement, the government decided they needed to come up with a plan to provide equal access to all people, primarily when it came to jobs and schooling. Thus, the policies that were called “affirmative action” were born.…
Today, the landscape of religion, race, sex and gender continue to change throughout the world. In accordance, having an understanding of cultural and gender competency within the public sector increases the effectiveness in service delivery; for public administrators, understanding diverse groups provides an understanding of how one’s own behavior is influenced by culture, and this, in turn, enables service providers to check their own implicit bias. The integration of gender and cultural competent curriculum into public administration enables educators and students alike to remove the veil of stigma, and to understand the diversity of a particular culture. Importantly, issues of institutional racism and discrimination remain an undercurrent issue within the United States. For example, recent polling about the trust between the government and minority groups, demonstrates a large racial divide (Blessett,…
The individual-level explanations for labor market disparities state that “the earnings gap is due to individual human capital differences” (Golash-Boza 252). For instance, if black men hold a higher degree of education, then black men are assumed to have higher incomes than less educated white men. Yet, this is not the case in real world. According to Golash-Boza, “in 2000, 32 percent of white men had completed college, compared with only 18 percent of black men” (Golash-Boza 252), and this trend is still in effect. Continuous studies by socialists specializing their studies in the earnings gap found that even with factors that explain the individual-level characteristics such as age, education and occupation, black men of the same individual-level…
Age Discrimination Whether they seem too old or too young, people will be stereotyped by their age and this leads to discrimination in the work place. Employers tend to categorize older job applicants as slow, fragile and unable to learn new tricks, while the view younger people as irresponsible, inexperienced and not devoted. Being denied an employment opportunity because of an inaccurate, biased opinion is simply unfair and age discrimination in employment can cause more problems than one might realize. Deciding whether or not to hire someone based upon their age and correlating stereotypes is morally wrong and will not find employers devoted, hardworking employees.…