Diversity refers to those attributes that makes people different from one another. The six primary (and stable) dimensions age, ethnicity, gender, physical attributes race and sexual/affectional orientation (Konopaske, Ivancevich & Matteson (2016). The Strength, Weakness, Opportunity and Threats Analysis is a valuable evaluation and planning technique used to determine how Tower Loan’s business and management practices affect the diverse population not only for the employers but for consumers as well. First, we will discuss the internal strengths and weaknesses of Tower Loan’s environment, identified as it relates the Organization Behavior (OB) process of encouraging cultural diversity in the workplace. Then we will identify strategic factors…
In The Working Poor: Invisible in America by David K. Shipler, Shiplerbrings up topics that actual people deal with in life. One of the topics being that employers can be biased when it comes to hiring employees or even keeping them. A person’s appearance or their personal issues could cause it to be difficult to get hired. In The Working Poor, Shipler makes the book relative to people, gives examples, and makes people decide if they agree or disagree.…
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.…
Cohen’s argument expresses his oppions and his only the may not matter in the sites of other people. I don’t agree or disagree with his argument. I hold this position because of three reasons, for starters is the retailers choice who he or she wants to hire not his. And for there businesses to expand and to grow then they must hire whoever appeals to the consumer.…
Her use of such stories endears the person to the audience because it is something they can identify with. She also offers expert opinions to solidify the claims. However, for her argument to be believable and complete, her use of research needs to also include the opposing parties’ point of view. It seems the employers in particular, are not portrayed in any positive light with any of the anecdotes mentioned. For example, she points out the injustice against the obese woman that was rejected for a job as mentioned in paragraph 3.…
In terms of the role model argument, I agree with Pojman’s conclusion but do not think all of his arguments are sound. I think Pojman overlooks that most human have an easier time relating and comparing themselves to people who resemble themselves. However, similar to Pojman I do not believe that this alone is grounds for preferential hiring but may be a factor. The compensation argument that Pojman refutes I feel is a strong assessment.…
Home Depot’s Diversity Home Depot’s objective is for all individuals to feel that they are treated fairly, and included. This involves individuals as customers, and employees. This organization pledges, “At The Home Depot Canada, we support and promote diversity as part of your core values. Our diversity and inclusion strategy represents our ongoing commitment to our associates and communities to prove an environment that is, and feels inclusive to all.” (Homedepot, 2015).…
Racial discrimination involves actually acting out with unfair treatment, directing the action towards the person or group. No society has been free from discrimination, just about every location of the world there is some form of racial discrimination. Some people believe that racial discrimination has made steps forward. With recent cases of racial discrimination against African Americans being shot down by cops, has racial discrimination really come to an end? Many people still suffer other forms of discrimination such as being turned down, hate mail, emails or messages.…
It is more difficult for Black people to find employment simply based on society’s negative perception of Blacks. In the essay, Jobless Ghettos: The Social Implications of the Disappearance of Work in Segregated Neighborhoods, sociologist William J. Wilson writes that “many black inner-city applicants are never given the chance to prove their qualifications on an individual level because they are systematically screened out by the selective recruitment process”, this is contributed to the fact that “Employers make assumptions about the inner-city black workers in general” (Ore 334). This discrimination against Blacks does not take place only in inner cities, it is happening all across the low-wage labor market, as discovered in the experiment done by sociologist Devah Pager, Bruce Western and Bart Bonkiowski. Pager, Western and Bonkiowski found that “firms are reluctant to hire young minority men—especially blacks—because they are seen as unreliable, dishonest or lacking in social and cognitive skills” (Ore 344). Through their experiment, a clear racial hierarchy emerged with whites being the most desirable, then Latinos and then finally blacks.…
Throughout all of history, discrimination has always existed in society, whether it is the poor against the rich, female against male or white against black. In the texts I have studied in class, the authors/directors have portrayed their views on the topic of discrimination. In my report I will analyse the overarching theme of “Discrimination will always be prevalent in society” present in my four texts and discuss the connections between them. My first two texts I studied were “Brave New World” written by Aldous Huxley, and “Gattaca” directed by Andrew Niccol. Both these texts show that “Discrimination is a part of human nature”…
Aesthetic labor requires that service workers “look good and sound right” for the job, it highlights “the enjoyment associated with shopping and downplays the drawbacks of working in a substandard job” (Williams and Connell, p14). The demand of aesthetic labor also justifies “continued job segregation, holding responsible workers and customers – and not employers – for the sorting of workers on the basis of class, race and gender” (Williams and Connell, p14). We can see aesthetic labor in field of retail employment, it emphasizes the pleasures associated with shopping. People can get much happiness and satisfactions not only because of cultural goods but also “through fitting in with a congenial group that shares similar interests and sensibilities”…
It is understandable that having facial hair or long nails while working in food service poses sanitation issues. But what about those instances where someone wants to work for a smaller company like retail or a flower shop? Why does it matter that someone has blue hair? Where did the notion ever come from that it was unprofessional? Did this start as discrimination?…
a. Rhode’s Approach: Systemic Long Term Change In the Beauty Bias Rhode offers her own suggestions for legal reform. Rhode’s strategies for reform include promoting equal opportunity, encouraging employee activism, and looking to jurisdictions that have enacted anti-appearance discrimination laws. Her primary plan to address trait discrimination focuses on long term goals for society. Rhode’s plan for reform is to promote equal opportunity through tolerance and activism.…
In America some things left unsaid are usually less important to the public. Poor Discrimination was created by Joel Pett, an American Pulitzer prize winning editorial cartoonist who is the leading illustrator for the Lexington- Herald. This picture informs people that the poor are in fact discriminated against, not because of their race, but because of their social class. Using a reinvented 12-step program, which is people normally attend to solve detrimental problems. This cartoon was created to inform the viewer the discrimination is not only categorized by race in America.…
There are many factors that are taken into consideration when being hired for a job. There are the basic factors: education, skills, resume, experience, and age. Depending on what factors you have, that can be the defining line on whether you get hired or not. However, there are several statistics that show females get hired or get promotions significantly less than their male counterparts — gender is an unspoken factor that gets taken into consideration. This is a major issue in today’s society because as time has passed, the role of women has evolved and needs to continue to evolve.…