Essays on Minorities And Women

Affirmative action, reverse discrimination, and comparable worth are some of the concepts that many organizations employ to remedy discrimination when hiring the minorities and women. These concepts are different, and they relate differently to the problem of discrimination in the workplace, especially during hiring processes. In my view, these concepts of affirmative action, reverse discrimination, and comparable worth are appropriate forms of remedy in the workplace for various reasons. Firstly, affirmative action policies enable organizations or institutions to engage actively in efforts to enhance and improve the opportunities of historically excluded groups such as the minorities and women ...

Introduction

One of the legally required benefits available to employees is protection against discrimination in their workplace. This is the selected area which this paper proposes to examine. The U.S. Department of Commerce has categorized potential discriminations in the workplace as “REGARDS” each letter of which refers to race, ethnicity, gender (sex), religion, disability, and sexual orientation respectively as part of best practices in achieving workforce diversity in one of its reports. As such, the most common forms of discrimination in vogue at workplaces are the above said ones in addition to genetic information, pregnancy, and sexual harassment. If an ...

Introduction

Common types of discrimination at workplace considered illegal are discrimination based on race, ethnicity, gender (sex), age, religion, disability, genetic information, pregnancy and sexual harassment. Sexual orientation is another form of discrimination. Discrimination refers to less favorable treatment of an employee compared to others because of the said predispositions. The U.S. Department of Commerce refers to these types of discriminations as “REGARDS” denoting race, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, disability and sexual orientation in its report of Best Practices in Achieving Workforce Diversity. These dimensions do not cover lack of intelligence, height or physical attractiveness though it is now illegal ...

There are various instances in my life that compare and contrast George Dawson’s life as revealed in the book Life is so good. Although, like in the Dawson’s time, parents take their time to instill some values in their children, the quality of life for women and minorities has improved tremendously, and there have been phenomenal changes in work ethics. George Dawson grew up in Jim Crow South, a town whereby the minorities and women did not have much say. The two groups lacked opportunities to make their lives better. This was made worse by the prevailing ...