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Discrimination at the Lumber Yard
Facts:
A job that entails the act of heavy physical lifting, by virtue of its very nature as well as its advertised job description is publicized in the 'help wanted' section of the local paper. Few, if any, other physical or educational qualifications are needed for the job. A……
Works Cited
EEOC. (2005) "Age Discrimination." Government Website. Retrieved 19 Jul 2004 at http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/discrimination/agedisc.htm
Greenberg, David. (2005) "Proving Discrimination in the Workplace."
Discrimination Attorney. Retrieved 19 Jul 2004 at http://discriminationattorney.com/proving.shtml
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Discrimination in the Workplace
There is presently much controversy with regard to discrimination in the workplace and recent events concerning gay rights have raised public awareness concerning biased thinking in the workplace. The moment when voters in California voted Prop. 8 to outlaw same sex marriages produced serious uproar among gay individuals in the area who were……
Bibliography:
Memoli, M.A. "Gay rights bill clears key hurdle in Senate." Retrieved November 5, 2013, from http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-senate-gay-rights-20131105,0,3122726.story
Tsai, M. "Review: 'The New Black' and homophobia among African-Americans," Retrieved November 5, 2013, from http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-the-new-black-review-20131101,0,5394374.story#axzz2joDZg1lU
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Discrimination Against Transgendered People
Gender & Sexuality
In many wester societies and cultures, the gender and sexual spectrums are narrow. One can be male or female, not neither, not both, and not something in between. One can be masculine or feminine, not neither, not both, and not something in between. These are typically the……
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Almeida, J., Johnson, R.M., Corliss, H.L., Molnar, B.E., & Azrael, D. (2009). Emotional Distress Among LGBT Youth: The Influence of Perceived Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation. Journal of Youth Adolescence, 38, 1001 -- 101.
Dietert, M., & Dentice, D. (2009) Gender Identity Issues and Workplace Discrimination: The Transgernder Experience. Journal of Workplace Rights, 14(1), 121 -- 140.
Storrow, R.F. (2002). Gender Typing in Stereo: The Transgender Dilemma in Employment Discrimination. Maine Law Review, 55(1), 118 -- 157.
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Individuals with disabilities may experience mental anguish, but also feelings of embarrassment about their ability, or inability to perform tasks that they normally might were they not disabled. These feelings may lead to depression or feelings of worthlessness, guilt or sadness, which are unacceptable in a society that promotes equality and fair treatment under the law.……
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DirectGov. (n.d.). The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA). http://www.direct.gov/uk/en/DisabledPeople/RightsAndObligations/DisabilityRights/DG_4001068
Gregory, R.F. (2003). Women and workplace discrimination: Overcoming barriers to gender equity. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press.
Higginbotham, Jr. a.L. (1990, Nov). 45 years in law and civil rights; many of the greatest battles in the war on discrimination were waged in court. Ebony, 46(1): 80
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Likewise the same percentages of responders assert that discrimination based on sexual orientation occurs at the companies that they work for. Eighty percent of the participants believe that a company's policy concerning discrimination against gays should not be determined by religious convictions. Fifteen participants reported that an employee of their company had been accused of discrimination based on sexual orientation.
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Buzzanell, Patrice M. Tensions and Burdens in Employment Interviewing Processes: Perspectives of Non-Dominant Group Applicants. The Journal of Business Communication. Volume: 36. Issue: 2. Publication Year: 1999. Page Number: 134+.
Caldwell, John. "Prodding the Fortune 500: One Gay Rights Leader Learned That Equality in the Workplace May Come by Simply Asking for It." The Advocate (2004): 62.
Dipboye, Robert L., and Adrienne Colella, eds. Discrimination at Work: The Psychological and Organizational Bases. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2005.
Horvath, Michael, and Ann Marie Ryan. "Antecedents and Potential Moderators of the Relationship between Attitudes and Hiring Discrimination on the Basis of Sexual Orientation." Sex Roles: A Journal of Research (2003): 115+.
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.....social injustice and inequality. First, literature related to the fundamentals of discrimination and descriptions of gender discrimination are discussed in the literature. Following a detailed discussion of what the literature says about gender discrimination, the literature review shifts toward the quantifiable effects of gender discrimination in the workplace. Effects are examined both in terms of measurable effects on organizations and……
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Bilkis, A., Habib, S.B. & Sharmin, T. (2010). A review of discrimination in employment and workplace. ASA University Review 4(2)
Brukmuller, S., Ryan, M.K., Haslam, A. & Peters, K. (2013). Ceilings, cliffs, and labyrinths. In the SAGE Handbook of Gender and Psychology. Sage.
Channar, Z.A., Abbassi, Z. & Ujan, I.A. (2011). Gender discrimination in workforce and its impact on the employees.
Cleveland, J.N., Vescio, T.K. & Barnes-Farrell, J.L. (2013). Gender discrimination in organizations. In Discrimination at Work. Psychology Press.
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Discrimination and Harassment
Discrimination is an act of prejudice where unfairness towards a person or group of persons is demonstrated. It is an act of unreasonably treating a person less fairly as compared to how others are treated. Discrimination can manifest itself in many instances in our lives, either within the social environment, workplace, school, and many……
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Discrimination and Sexual Harassment.
http://www.apesma.asn.au/adviceonline/contents.htm
Workplace Bias.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/july-dec04/walmart_7-5.html
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Case Statement
This case involved a white woman and a black man who had an encounter in a parking lot and there was controversy if discriminatory action ensued. The two, Hope and Dillon, gave two different versions of the encounter.
At its very core, the conflict in the case is about racial discrimination. Legal……
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Lawrence D. Bobo, & Cybelle Fox. (2003). Race, Racism, and Discrimination: Bridging Problems, Methods, and Theory in Social. Social Psychology Quarterly, 319-332.
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre. (2014). Coca-Cola lawsuit (re racial discrimination in USA). Business & Human Rights Resource Centre.
Devah Pager, & Hana Shepherd. (2008). The Sociology of Discrimination: Racial Discrimination in Employment, Housing, Credit, and Consumer Markets. Annual review of sociology, 181-209.
Dr Lilly Fernandes, & Dr. Nora Hadi Q. Alsaeed. (2014). AFRICAN-AmericanS AND WORKPLACE DISCRIMINATION. European Journal of English Language and Literature Studies, 56-76.
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orkplace Diversity
"The benefits of diversity cannot be achieved with isolated interventions. To the contrary, a complete organizational culture change is required in order to promote appreciation of individual differences… diversity is a multifaceted reality…" (Martin-Alcazar, et al., 2012)
The need for diversity in the workplace has been well established in the literature, but……
Works Cited
Childs, J.T. (Ted). (2005). Managing Workforce Diversity at IBM: A Global HR Topic That
Has Arrived. Human Resource Management, 44(1), 73-77.
Demuijnck, Geert. (2009). Non-Discrimination in Human Resources Management as a Moral Obligation. Journal of Business Ethics, 88(1), 83-101.
Dijk, Hans van, Engen, Marloes van, and Paauwe, Jaap. (2012). Reframing the Business Case for Diversity: A Values and Virtues Perspective. Journal of Business Ethics, 111(1), 73-84.
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Discrimination in Workforce
Gender discrimination at work place means the way to behave with the employees in such a way that is to prefer one employee to other due to gender biasness. All over the world, this disparity among the men and women is condemned but still present (Mooney, 2012). One of the research conducted at the……
References
Fox, S., & Lituchy., T. (2012). Gender and the Dysfunctional Workplace. Cheltenham: Edward Elga.
Fredman, & Sandra. (1997). Women and the Law. London: Clarendon Press.
Mooney, & A., L. (2012). Understanding Social Problems. Toronto: Nelson Education.
Tilly, & Charles. (1999). Durable Inequality. Berkeley; Los Angeles; London: University of California Press.
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