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Workplace Discrimination
Discrimination in the Modern Workplace
With the 21st century workplace ahead of us and a country full of diversity surrounding us, the changing ethnic, racial, age, and gender composition of the workforce will become more evident in the years to come. This modern workplace will bring in a group of diverse employees to accompany tighter labor markets……
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1. Daly, C. "Compensation and Diversity: New Pay for a New Workplace. " In E.E. Kossek and S. Sobel (Eds.), Managing Diversity: Human Resource Strategies for Transforming the Workplace. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Press, 2000, pp. 44-69.
2. Dresser, Norrine. Multicultural Manners: New Rules of Etiquette for a Changing Society. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York. 1996, pp. 66-92.
3. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (Internet) http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/fs-sex.html 24 February 2002.
4. Gardenswartz, Lee and Anita Rowe. Diverse Teams at Work: Capitalizing on the Power of Diversity. Irwin Professional Publishing, Chicago, IL, 1996, pp. 101-143.
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Workplace Discrimination In Recent Years
I have been discriminated against, which has caused my self-esteem to fall, and now I am stuck, with few role models to follow. Bill's success has probably been thwarted by more sources than the today's average black or female, but there is no provision in preferential hiring for him. Just like no one can control his or her race or……
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Casenotes. (2003). Employment Discrimination. Aspen Publishers.
Colaiaco, James. Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement. Brooklyn: Carlson
Publishing, 1989.
Cordes, R. (1994). "The Obese Gain Protection Under Disabilities Law." Trial.
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Workplace Discrimination Jurisprudence In Workplace
Johnson v Transportation Agency (1986)
The two above cases both resulted in a broadening of the scopes and protections of the Civil ights Act via jurisprudence. In Johnson v Transportation Agency (1986), a very different result was reached that shows the changing nature and understanding of discrimination and how it work in society.……
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FindLaw (2009). Meritor Savings Bank v Vinson (1986). Accessed 11 December 2009. http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=U.S.&vol=477&invol=57
Oyez. (2009). Griggs v Duke Power Company (1971). Accessed 11 December 2009. http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1970/1970_124
Oyez. (2009). Johnson v. Transportation Agency (1986). Accessed 11 December 2009. http://www.oyez.com/cases/1980-1989/1986/1986_85_1129?sort=ideology
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Workplace Discrimination
Professionalism in the Workplace
Prejudice is a favorable or unfavorable judgment or opinion toward a person or group based on one's perception of an individual, group, or situation. Prejudice and discrimination in the working environment are severe offenses that could contribute in serious penalties. Prejudice in the workplace usually arises because the working environment is made of……
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Morris, M. & Fiske, S. (2009, November 12). The New Face of Workplace Discrimination.
Forbes. Retrieved September 26, 2014, from http://www.forbes.com/2009/11/12/discrimination-workplace-prejudice-leadership-managing-bias.html
"Resolving Human Rights Issues in the Workplace." (n.d). Ontario Human Rights Commission.
Retrieved September 26, 2014, from http://www.ohrc.on.ca/en/iv-human-rights-issues-all-stages-employment/12-resolving-human-rights-issues-workplace
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Workplace Discrimination Prevention
Preventing Workplace Discrimination
The relevance of enhancing equality at the workplace cannot be overstated. It is important to note, from the onset, that discrimination at the workplace could assume various forms. These include, but they are not limited to, discrimination on the basis of religion, gender, race, handicap or impairment, or some other disposition. This text concerns……
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Price, A. (2011). Human Resource Management (4th ed.). Hampshire: Cengage Learning.
Werner, W. & DeSimone, R. (2011). Human Resource Development (6th ed.). Mason, OH: Cengage Learning.
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Global Comparisons In Workplace Discrimination
Workplace discrimination can be understood as an inappropriate, unjustifiable treatment towards a person or a set of people at the workplace. Such undesirable treatment is based more often on people's race, ethnicity, age, marital status, sex or other describing characteristics (Australian Human Rights Commission, n.d). Workplace discrimination can give the impression of a repudiation of particular civil liberties, neglectful treatment,……
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ADJA-KWAKU, C., ADDAE, C., NKANSAH, J., & NYARKO APPIAH, F. (2013). Workplace Discrimination and its Impact on Employee Performance (Doctoral dissertation).
Australian Human Rights Commission. (n.d). Workplace discrimination, harassment and bullying. Retrieved from: https://www.humanrights.gov.au/employers/good-practice-good-business-factsheets/workplace-discrimination-harassment-and-bullying
Darity Jr., W. A., & Mason, P. L. (2004). Evidence on discrimination in employment: Codes of color, codes of gender. In African-American Urban Experience: Perspectives from the Colonial Period to the Present (pp. 156-186). Palgrave Macmillan US.
Institute for Women's Policy Research. (2015). About Pay Equity & Discrimination. Retrieved from: http://www.iwpr.org/initiatives/pay-equity-and-discrimination
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Preventing Workplace Discrimination The American With Disabilities
Preventing orkplace Discrimination
The American with Disabilities Act (ADA) became law in 1990 and since then has been the main instrument to make employment opportunities available to as many people as possible, even if it meant that the employer had to go out of its way to make accommodations for "the special needs of a particular employee."……
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"Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964." U.S. EEOC Home Page. Retrieved from http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/statutes/titlevii.cfm
Licht, Tillinghast. "Reasonable Accommodation and the ADA- Courts Draw the Line" Library | Legal Professional. Retrieved from http://library.findlaw.com/2004/Sep/19/133574.html
Steven, Daniel. (2001) "Employment Law Primer" publishlawyer.com. Retrieved from http://www.publishlawyer.com/employ.htm
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Discrimination In The Workplace A
Discrimination against the elderly, against pregnant women, against women with children, against people of color are all prohibited under the law. The EEOC or Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was created to administer Title VII of the Civil ights act and specifically to "progress race, national origin, religious, and sex discrimination claims pursuant to the statue" (Gregory, 2003). Is the EEC……
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Coleman, J.W., Slonaker, W.M. & Wendt, a.C. (1993). "Employment discrimination is sex blind." Management Journal, 58(2): 28
EEOC. (2004). "Federal Laws Prohibiting Job Discrimination." Retrieved April 25, 2005: http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/qanda.html
Gregory, R.F. (2003). Women and workplace discrimination: Overcoming barriers to gender equality. New Brusnwick: Rutgers University Press.
Haines, R. & Hemphill, H. (1997). Discrimination, harassment and the failure of diversity training: What to do now. Westport: Quorum Books.
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Discrimination And Harassment At The Workplace
Workplace discrimination leads to a mismatch between qualified workers and their jobs, and it carries significant economic consequences in the American workplace.
Okechukwu, Souza, Davis and Castro (2014) define workplace discrimination as unfair rules and conditions that impair the ability of group members. It is motivated by inferiority and mistreatment of the disadvantaged group over the dominant……
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ACAS. (2005, March). Tackling discrimination and promoting equality. Retrieved December 7, 2016, from ACAS: http://www.acas.org.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=318
Bhattarai, A. (2016, August 8). Chipotle ordered to pay $550,000 for discriminating against pregnant worker. Retrieved from The Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/chipotle-ordered-to-pay-550000-for-discriminating-against-pregnant-worker/2016/08/09/
Nayab, N. (2010, September 9). Crippling Effects of Workplace Discrimination. Retrieved December 7, 2016, from Bright Hub: http://www.brighthub.com/office/human-resources/articles/87966.aspx
Okechukwu, C. A., Souza, K., Davis, K. D., & Castro, A. B. (2014). Discrimination, Harassment, Abuse and Bullying in the Workplace: Contribution of Workplace Injustice to Occupational Health Disparities. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 57(5), 573-586. Retrieved from Wiley Online Library: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajim.22221/full
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Discrimination In The Fire Service Over Time
Discrimination in the Fire Service
Over time, nearly every profession once considered the exclusive province of men (and in the case of the United States, white men) has gradually been made accessible to minorities, whether through practical necessity, changing cultural standards, or court orders. However, this process has proceeded unevenly, so that even now there remains institutionalized……
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Allen, Z. (2006, October 12), Women file suit against FDNY. New York Amsterdam News, p. 11.
Baker, A. (2010, January 14). Judge finds 'intentional discrimination' against blacks in fire department hiring. New York Times, p. A.30.
Dumas-Mitchell, A. (2001, March 15). New battleground for NAACP: The fire department.
Chicago Defender, p. 5.
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