Discrimination Int He Wrokplace
Aileen Serge
Professor Goldsmith
Week 6 Simulation
April 20, 2006
GM 520
Avoiding Discrimination in the Workplace
Background of the Simulation
The objective of this simulation was to face workplace situations where possibilities of discrimination (whether it was intended or unintended) were present. There are many different cultures, races, and religions that make up today's workplace. Whether on the basis of age, gender, race, religion, national origin, disability, or affinity orientation managers must avoid discrimination in the workplace. It is up to the managers, when faced with such situations, have resolutions that are amicable and legal.
In this simulation I was put in situations where I had to choose a selection of words in a recruitment advertisement, select two candidates for vacant positions in the creative department, deal with employees who will not work on an advertising campaign for religious reasons, and handle a female employee who complains that she is working in hostile environment where she is being sexually harassed.
Cycle 1: Select Words in Recruitment Advertisements
There have been some employees that had to be terminated. The task at hand requires that I review the advertisement and take out any phrases that can be discriminatory. In both advertisement there were a lot of references specifically to men or women, being young, speaking fluent English, being an EOE for women and minorities, and drug testing for drug abuse prior to employment. Needless to say, I crossed those out and the feedback I received was those are all phrases that can be construed as discriminatory. But I left out phrases such as, "can you make heads turn?", think sexy and ravishing, check you out, and nimble on your feet. So overall I did a pretty good job. On those phrases I missed I did question them as well, I should have went with my initial gut feeling.
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