The Unjust And Forms Of Discrimination In The Workplace

Racism is defined as prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior. In the workforce, the issue of racism and discrimination has been brought to the center of conversations around the world. Companies claim to be “colorblind” and not hire somebody based on their race or gender, but the employment rates among minorities and women around the world is significantly lower than the majority in the given country. There is also the growing issue of minorities, such as blacks in america, making significantly less money than whites. This issue affects people all around the world who happen

In a perfect world, people would be equal in rights, opportunities, and responsibilities, despite their race or gender. In the world we live in, however, we always face all kinds of neglect based on different attributes. All over the United States, certain people treat others with prejudice because of particular features they possess. Unfortunately, prejudice and discrimination occur even in places which, by definition, should be free of all personal prejudices – specifically, in offices and other business surroundings. This tragedy is called workplace discrimination; not every unfair behavior at work, however, can be assessed as discrimination. Discrimination in the workplace happens when an employee experiences unfair treatment due to their race, gender, age, religion, marital status, national origin, disability or veteran status, or other characteristics. Discrimination is one of the largest issues people face in the workplace and it must be dealt with. The U.S. have laws and regulations on discrimination but it still often occurs. Workplace discrimination appears in hiring, training, promotion, firing, and other institutional or interpersonal treatment. Discrimination sometimes causes an employee to leave or quit the workplace, resign from a position, or in more severe cases, to commit suicide or act violently against the discriminators. Discrimination is one of the largest issues many people face in the workplace.

Although some of the worst employment discrimination was eliminated by the Civil Rights Act in 1964, many women continue to undergo unfair and unlawful discrimination in the workplace. Even though women have come a long way, they are still being discriminated against in certain fields of work. High-end jobs, most commonly large companies and medical fields, continue to discriminate against women even though they have the same job qualifications as men.

While the world has unanimously advanced and is more accepting of change, the workplace continues to be a place of discrimination, prejudice and inequality. Discrimination is broadly defined to ‘distinguish unfavourably’, isolate; and is context based (Pagura, 2012). Abrahams (1991) described the workplace as an ‘inhospitable place’ where gender disparity and wage gaps persist (Stamarski & Son Hing, 2015). Among other states and countries, the Australian government actively implements and passes laws to protect and maintain equal employment rights. While the objective of these laws is ‘to eliminate discrimination,’ the regulatory mechanisms in the legislation are largely ineffective at achieving this ultimate goal (Smith, 2008). However,

Organizations and managing labor relations are two complex aspects of our daily functioning environment. Throughout the years it’s been evident that times have very much changed; in day to day life one can easily notice a rise in the number of women who have gotten to work, across divisions on a global scale. Yet despite their pursuit of high standards of education and occupational skills, they are still lagging behind in the corporate world, the reason being – discrimination. Discrimination against women at work has different aspects; unequal pay, undermined skill set, segregation in certain divisions and jobs, the work and home balance along with sexual harassment are just some of the issues at hand. Although in current

When people look at me they see a young man going to college, striving to achieve his goals. What they don’t see is that I’m undocumented. Its not like the differences can be spotted by my appearance, or my actions. I look and act like just like everyone else. The only major difference between a United States citizen and myself are quite literally documentation. I speak English well, I walk and act similar, I love this country equally if not more. The differences are minimal, and yet I’m still discriminated against, frowned upon and harassed.

The percentage of whites with obesity are much lower than the other ethnicities because white families tend to eat healthier due to a higher income rate. Studies show that in low income neighborhoods contain far less grocery stores and an abundant amount fast food restaurants. This is only half of the problem, even if there are grocery stores available, an income large enough to afford real healthy food, whilst a place to live, is not easily come by in certain regions. Statistics show that the percentage of Whites living below poverty line is a mere 9% while Latinos (20%) and blacks (22%) show numbers over twice the amount. What could be causing such a large Wage Gap? In 2010, White Americans held 88% of the wealth and only 64% of the population where as Black Americans were 2.7% of the wealth and 13% of the population. In 2003 the National Bureau of Economic Research found that Job Applicants with White sounding names got one callback for every ten resumes while those with African-American sounding names got one callback for every fifteen resumes sent out. Lack of call backs on resumes for ‘Ethnic Names’ all the way to Less pay for the Equal work are only two reasons why the Black American community is showing such alarming obesity rates. Getting rid of Workplace discrimination is the First step to solving the large wage gap in the United States.

Why are Gay and Lesbian and workers who test positive for HIV sometimes discriminated against?

CCL contractors were grinding in the electric yard south side of the Rolling Mill. They had all of their P.P.E., except ear plugs. I stop them and ask them to get hearing protection on during the grinding process. They Agreed. Very supportive group of guys!

To this day, men make more money than women do for the same amount of work. This is a constantly stated and posted statistic on a myriad of sites ranging from those dealing with economics to news and social media, reporting an average of seventy seven cents to the dollar. Add to that the fact that for the majority of working women, starting a family is also a very well-known priority. While men might share the same priority, it does not require them to endure the work related absences and idiosyncrasies due to physical pregnancy. Complicating this even further, not all women are aware of their rights in the workplace, specifically when pregnant. The following will show how much this affects women from all walks

I applied for a housekeeping job, when attending the interview the interviewer seemed disoriented and disconnected. After the interviewing she proceeded to explain her reason for denying my application. Although, meeting qualified and may possibly be a good fit for the job. I wasn’t of Mexican descent stating asking for a higher grade in pay other than minimum wage wasn’t possible when the Mexican will work for pennies. Another institutionalized racism occurred on my daughter’s job. There had been encounters against other employees, due to being illegal immigrants it continued. I witness while preparing to file a legal case against the manager. The aspect was she was racial against African America, and Mexicans the mannerism of this bias

There are many types of discrimination in our society today. The one that really stands out to a lot of people, but seems to just slide by is discrimination against women. Many people will say that they are not discriminative against women, but there actions in the workplace and at social events would suggest otherwise. Back around 40-50 years ago, our country had a certain view of what women are as people, and what they were supposed and meant to do. A famous essay that I personally like is, “I want a Wife,” by Judy Brady.

Since the passage of this law, women have been fighting continuously for their rights. Equal Rights Advocates have been in commission for the 1974, which is one of the ground breaking forces that have helped women in workplace discrimination. As women believed that discrimination in the workplace would disappear since sex was added as a protected category in the Civil Rights Act of 1964, there was another factor that was against them; pregnancy. Unfortunately, the ERA feels as though this is still under the protected category of sex, because only women can get pregnant. Which means that it is based upon a person’s sex.

Many people think in the present workplace everyone is equal. There have been many surveys that show that white men get payed more the any other gender or race. Women are payed less than men, black people get payed less than whites, Hispanic people get payed less than whites or blacks. Analyzing documents about discrimination in the workplace will help prove that there is still discrimination going on in the workplace.

Chapter 4 has interesting topics that deal with controversial subjects. Class, Race and Gender are the focal points and the text sheds light on truths that often fade away from reality. We learn that Karl Marx played a major role in the philosophy of social classes. We also learn the difficulties that we have as a social class to be able to progress. People in our society are categorized in different forms such as race and gender and are presented with various forms of discrimination that is more common in the workplace than many know. There are also forms of harassment that occur in the workplace as well. Sexual harassment is the most common and can happen to women or men. Given all the negatives to the workplace, there are many positives