...Discrimination in the Workplace - Discrimination is ‘the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex.’ (Dictionaries, n.d.) Discrimination within the workplace is common and occurs across all types of employment industries, there are numerous forms of discrimination including, sex, gender, age, race, disability, and religion. Discrimination in the workplace has negative effects both for the business and individual employees; for example businesses can have a decrease in labour productivity, increase in financial costs and for employees it can cause health related implications (Paludi, 2012). It is a morale responsibility for managers to identify discrimination and use the correct discipline and remove it in order to create a legal, successful and happy workforce. ‘Discrimination based on sex, race or religion can't be tolerated.’ (Woodman, C. (2011). Sexual Discrimination – In the UK ‘twenty-five percent of female workers have experienced discrimination in the workplace. (Wires, 2013). These figures are high for a 21st century world and magnify how much of an issue this is for current managers. However, considering all women only gained the right to vote in 1928 (Myers, 2013) this is an improvement. A change in legislation was put in place to combat the issue in 1975 The Sexual Discrimination Act, ‘created to render unlawful certain kinds of sex discrimination and discrimination, promoting equality...
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...Discrimination in Promotions and Hiring MGMT335-01 AIU Abstract A vacancy within Technology, Inc. needs to be filled; HR has decided to fill this position internally. The position requires that the candidate have certain education and experience. The duties of the position and the means to apply for the position have already been put in place as well as the deadline. This paper will discuss legislations for discrimination in promotion and hiring. It will also discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the legislations. Discrimination in Promotions and Hiring What is discrimination? Discrimination is defined treatment in favor or against a person based on the group, class, or category that the person belongs to rather than individual merit (Discrimination, 2012). Discrimination can be seen as far back as the beginning of time, and is a thorn in United States history. In US history there were segregated schools, bathrooms, and everything else. Segregation was abolished and other laws had to be passes before the US become like it is today. Voting was restricted to only white men, but laws were passed for everyone to be equal. Many things have changed throughout the years, including working environments. There are laws to protect potential or current employees from being discrimination against. Laws that protect employees from discrimination are the employment discrimination laws. These laws protect the age, race, gender, sexual orientation, disability, and religion...
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...INTRODUCTION Discrimination within the workplace is a serious issue that many people face due to personal attributes in the face of ignorance. Unfair discrimination within a human resource management context can be defined as withholding benefits or opportunities and providing burden to a person due to their race, gender, sexuality, religion ext… Australia has implemented several anti-discrimination Acts over time, concerning discrimination such as age, disability, sex and race. However, these Acts cannot monitor every discriminatory deed within a workplace, though they can make sure that there can be consequences for it if brought up by an employee. Within the case study shown, the unfair discrimination employed by the Apple store can be...
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...Discrimination One of the challenges and issues in our work place is discrimination and it is impossible to prevent or correct discrimination without information about it. Therefore, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission “EEOC “created a Manual that clearly addresses the importance of policy and procedures in case of discrimination. Based on the Commission's guide, employers are required to prevent and correct discrimination through legislation and efficient enforcement mechanisms in the work place. Discrimination has many faces but, one of the forms of discrimination which we need to have a firm understanding is refusal of standard rights to persons because of race, nationality, age and sex. Race It is against the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that an employer reject to accept an application or refuse hire, promotion, compensation, job training or any other employment privileges because of an employee’s race or color. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) reports that it received 100,000 job bias charges during fiscal year 2012. Also, the EEOC has observed The number of people who filed race discrimination claims (33,512) increased in 2012 (Dipboye & Collela,2005).The EEOC indicated that in 2012, discrimination for certain racial minorities showed a deep impact in the current down turn of world of work. For example, in the United States, the unemployment rate remains almost twice as high for African-Americans relative...
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...Human Resources in the Efforts to Prevent Discrimination and to Increase Diversity Nuttha Udhayanang PA 741, Spring 2015 West Virginia University We are proceeding toward a world in which barriers of countries and cultures are shrinking due to globalizes in economics and advances in technology. This phenomenon creates an even more competitive world. Capital and physical resources alone could no longer improve efficiency of organizations. Together with the current demographic trend within the United States, I believe that employing diversified workforce is a very essence for every organization. The organizations that employ quality and competitive workforce regardless of their age, attitude, language, and religion can become competitive in the current situation. Human Resource is an important asset in increasing and managing diversity, and preventing discrimination among workforce of any organization. Workforce diversity can be defined as “similarities and difference among employees in terms of age, culture background, physical abilities and disabilities, race religion, gender, and sexual orientation” (Saxena, 2014). It cannot be denied that diversity makes the workforce heterogeneous and is beneficial to any organizations. It can increase workers retention and productivity, as diversity improves interpersonal relationship within the organizations. It can also enhance the organizations’ responsiveness to an increasingly diverse world of customers, improving relations with the...
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...BUS670 MBA Program Legal/Ethical Issue March 2012 Today’s business world presents numerous ethical issues. In today’s world above board/moral ethics in organizations do not often materialize intuitively. Organization must strive to provide employees with a clear understanding of the overall company vision. This will aid employees in practicing the code of ethics, policies and procedures in the workplace. Companies must be unwavering in continuously delivering the uppermost ethics of provision in which customers, applicants and employees are entitled to under fair business practices. One major core value is to uphold responsible and fair business practices. A core dedication to sponsoring and upholding the extreme parallel of ethical values relative to all business actions is essential. In this paper, I will analyze a legal/ethical issues relating to current, previous, and/or potential future work environments. Harassment, discrimination, and retaliation will also be briefly discussed as well as ideas for corrective actions pertaining to issues. Because many organizations miss the mark on properly addressing ethical &legal conflicts concerning employees; the issues are ongoing and often damage the work environment, sometimes resulting in lawsuits. What is business ethics? Business ethics is the behavior that a business abides by in their daily transactions with the world. This also includes the individual interactions with customers. The moral code of a specific...
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...Introduction Discrimination and prejudice has gradually become one of the major impacts and burdens in the workplace and all over the world. Research shows that both have existed for thousands of years and have been transmitted throughout generations. There are many phases to prejudice and discrimination and over time each has become more sophisticated. Even today, it is hard to believe that in some individuals mindsets they feel that are not prejudice nor have they ever discriminated against someone. People suffer through discrimination because they have differences amongst one another: different beliefs, different cultures, and different skin color. For this paper, I will discuss prejudice and discrimination, some characteristics of both and why individuals still suffer from prejudice and discrimination today. What is prejudice? If an individual stated that he/she didn’t like a certain color or a certain type of food would that be considered prejudice, however if the same person stated he/she didn’t like the color black because made them feel sad would that be considered a prejudice? Prejudice is an internal entity, a product of experience, an emotion felt or a belief structure. Prejudice is a set of factors that can cause an individual to develop a conclusion which favors one person to another. It could be a positive or negative judgment about someone or something based on pure feeling alone. Prejudice is a pre-judgment about someone or something based on the individual...
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...Introduction Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and various state anti-discrimination laws prohibit discrimination in employment based on sex, race, national origin, and religion. James and Minors (1996) conclude that although most organizations believe in equal opportunity policies, they do not practice inclusion. Most of these organizations struggle with issues of gender, race, sexual orientation, and disability of their employees. Many of these organizations develop institutional racism which closes the door for employment for many people of color. The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in 2009 received 93,277 charges of discrimination. The workplace in the 21st century has transformed. The transformation is evident by the changing ethnic, racial, age, and gender of today’s workforce. With today’s diverse workforce there emerges three major forms of discrimination in the workplace: racial, gender, and age. The paper takes a closer look at discrimination in the workplace as it relates to race, gender, and age. The major premise of the paper is this: Does racial discrimination persists now more than ever? Has gender discrimination against working women declined? Has age discrimination in the workplace increased? I. Does racial discrimination persists now more than ever? According to Kasey Jones (2010), racial discrimination is the improper and unfair treatment of a worker due to his or her race, color or religion. Workplace decisions...
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...|Definition | |Discrimination |The denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice | | |or for other obituary reasons. | |Institutional discrimination |A denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals or groups resulting from the | | |normal operations of a society. | |Political correctness |Language or a behavior that does not offend particular groups of people. | Part II Write a 150- to 250-word response to each of the following questions: • How is discrimination different from prejudice and stereotyping? Discrimination differs from prejudice and stereotyping in a way that discrimination isn’t just a way that discrimination isn’t just an negative attitude that rejects an entire group, as prejudice is defined. Discrimination is the denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice or other arbitrary reasons. Prejudice does not necessarily end with wealth. Discrimination also has accumulative effect so that people today are victims of past and current differential practices. As stereotyping are unreliable generalizations about some members of...
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...Diversity refers to human qualities that are different from our own and the groups that one may belong.Dimensions of diversity include but are not limited to: age, ethnicity, gender, race, sexual orientation, educational background, geographic location, income, marital status, religious beliefs, work experience, and job classification. In a model world it would be assumed that everyone would be treated fairly when applying for a job and advancing within the field. The issue of discrimination due to diversity is still a major issue in today's time. Discrimination still plays a dominant role in the hiring, firing, and promoting of individuals. My organization has a wide range of diversity, we have diverse religious beliefs, gender, sexual orientation, ages, and work experience. Religion in the workplace is an area that most people try to stay away from. People are scared to address religion with the fear it may cause conflict. The truth is religion places a huge part of diversity in the workplace for the main reason that everyone has different beliefs. Organizations can not be accommodating to every small piece of religion to make every person within the company happy; in the end it would be too costly. They can however bend the rules for basic religious beliefs that many cultures possess. In the diversity training class at my organization, he or she promote to opening up everyone's eyes to accepting people's different beliefs. They are in no way pushing them to believe or follow...
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...Age Related Healthcare Discrimination (Ageism) in Healthcare Student Name Professor Name DHA-865 July 14, 2013 | Age Related Healthcare Discrimination (Ageism) in Healthcare While the “Greatest Generation” is a title often given to those Americans who lived and died during the era of the Great Depression and World War II, their offspring, the “Baby Boom” generation, significantly shaped and improved the American landscape as well if for no greater reason than the sheer number of people who make up this population (Steinhorn, 2006). Today, based predominantly on that very same reason, the baby boomer population is now making a very different, yet equally as profound impact on American society. More specifically, this impact is being made on the healthcare system of the US, and the discriminatory practice of “ageism” that older patients currently face. The purpose of this paper is to explore, analyze, and evaluate both the practice of age discrimination in healthcare and the federal policy issues and efforts that are involved with it. The work begins by providing background information on the current demographics of the aging American population and forecasts for the impact this will likely have on the healthcare industry in the near future. It then transitions into a discussion on what ageism is, where its historical roots come from, and where it fits into the federal Fair Labor Act. A review of the literature is then presented, documenting the discrimination...
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...Trends in the Workplace Patsy N Simmons Professor Perkins Strayer University BUS 500 February 2, 2016 Trends in the Workplace As an HR professional, I am responsible for interviewing and selecting candidates, appraising employee performance, recommending pay increases and promotions, being able to communicate policies and practices all while motivating employees with pay, benefits, and other rewards. I am also responsible for ensuring organizations know how to fully respond to evolving trends, are complying with federal and state regulations, and know how to manage workplace flexibility. Technology today is growing at a rapid speed and this is causing global environment changes; which needs to be addressed as soon as possible in order to prevent any issues. Specify the key functional areas of Human Resources Management. Explore the manner in which each function contributes to the overall performance of an organization. Support your response with specific examples of the activities for which HRM is typically responsible. Human Resources Management (HRM) is the policies, practices, and systems that influence employee’s behaviors, attitudes, and performance (Noe, 2013). HRM has six functional areas: employment, employee relations, training/development, compensation, benefits, and labor relations. Employment is typically responsible for recruiting, job postings, interviewing, testing, coordinating the use of temporary labor. This area...
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...knowledge; however, was reluctant to hire him because of his age and physical condition. Mr. Jones placed the following comment on Smith’s application: “Is qualified, but appears to be out of the physical shape.” During the interview Mr. Jones explained he was looking for young men to fill the position and Smith’s age (forty-five) was a cause for concern. Jones also stated that if he got a haircut and improved his physical appearance, there might be a position at the customer service counter. According to Jones, the position paid slightly less but would be more reasonable for a man of Smith’s condition and age. Several days later, Mr. Jones received a notice from the local equal employment opportunity commission stating Mr. Smith had filed age-discrimination charges against him. The question is; what is discrimination and is Mr. Jones discriminating? To decide if this is discrimination we must first know the definition. Webster’s defines discrimination as the act, practice, or an instance of discriminating categorically rather than individually and, prejudiced or prejudicial outlook, action, or treatment. Clearly according to Webster’s one might say Mr. Jones is discriminating against Mr. Smith because of his age; however, he did offer Smith a different job. In the legal world, and in this case, these things are not always black and white nor does Webster’s definition always fit. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 states, “It shall be unlawful for an...
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...focus on age diversity. The factors include challenges that can occur in an organization, how to overcome these challenges and benefits of a diverse workplace. This paper is organized by answering three questions around age diversity. The answers consist of various literature reviews and personal insight. Treasure Trove of the Aging Workforce It was once known that the retirement age was 65. That is no longer the case. Employees are no longer retiring, mostly due to the outlaw of mandatory retirement. In addition to not having retirement regulated, people are healthier today due to medical science so they can work longer. With the aging workforce occurring there can be challenges that need to be overcome in order to effectively run an organization in todays world. Aging Diversity What changes in employment relationships are likely to occur as the population ages? Researchers suggest employers have mixed feeling about the aging workforce, however many can be positive. Positive changes in employment relationships that likely will occur can be the increase in work experience, job satisfaction, a strong work ethic, commitment to employer, and to quality of work. Pearson and Judge (2015) state, “ They bring to the job a higher skill level earned through years of experience, remember the organization’s history and know the aging customer base.” However, as the population ages it can also cause a lack of flexibility and resisting within that age group but also age discrimination...
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...Discrimination in the Workplace Joshua Najar Alejandro Komiyama Liria Nilzandra *out of country* Texas Tech University Sociology 1301, Section 004 November 7, 2015 The United States likes to believe that everyone living in it is equal to one another. Unfortunately, even in today’s world discrimination is still prevalent in our society. James Henslin, author of the book “Essentials of Sociology” defines discrimination as “an act of unfair treatment directed against an individual or a group” (G-2). One specific place in our society that still has discrimination is the workplace. A workplace can be described as “a place where people work, such as an office or factory” (Dictionary.com 2015). A company’s workplace can discriminate against a person’s race, ethnicity, gender, age, and religion. These discriminations will affect the person’s salary, work conditions, and determine if they get hired or not. Throughout time the United States has made several laws to protect certain groups against discrimination in the workplace. These laws have tremendously helped those groups however, they are still illegally discriminated against. There are numerous ways to analyze why there is discrimination in the workplace but we will be using the three sociologic perspectives. The three sociologic perspectives that we will use to analyze this topic will be the Structural Functionalism, Conflict Theory, and Symbolic Interaction. The Structural Functionalist Analysis will focus on how discrimination...
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