Discrimination

Discrimination is known as unequal treatment based on one’s ethnicity, race, gender, age, disability, religion or any other characteristic that makes an individual. In today’s society discrimination is highly frowned upon, especially if it is in the workforce. Unfortunately, this bad practice still occurs and has a number of negative affects to employees, employers and the community.

Women not getting high positions, young people being looked down upon, disabilities seen as being incapable of doing anything, people being stereotyped due to color and race, and religion being judged are all examples of discrimination to employees. The above examples cause employees to become very discouraged about their future career in that organization and creates a negative effect to how they see the business world. This negative affect can hurt the employee’s confidence and will cause him or her to be unhappy in the workforce. Consequently, after a period of time this leads to resignation. Due to the employee now becoming unemployed the society’s economy will be affected as they will most likely be discouraged to attain another job. Discrimination can also lead to detrimental events as it is a form of bullying. After a certain age and period of time, a person who is being bullied constantly can cause him or her to harm themselves or others.

Employers who encourage and pursue discrimination do not seem to realize the long-term effects of it. We tend to categorize these employers as unethical leaders who don’t have a high standard of doing what is right in the workforce. This causes their credibility to go down, along with their business which contributes to lack of employees because no one wants to work for such a company. These company advocates can also be sued for millions and will barely be able to defend themselves. However, if the employer and business has a valued reputation in society it can change the entire community’s mindset to be unethical.

As a female, I strongly believe in equality. Males and females get the same education; no one has a better chance of being more qualified, all races have the same ability as the other, all ages are capable of bringing positive outcomes to a company and people who are disabled have the fair chance of doing something the same way as an average person. So why aren't we given the fair chance? The workforce has improved thus far, but people who continue to discriminate aren't doing his or her community any favors. Don't you want a fair running community? We should aim to improve our society to create a better environment for everyone. Until that prospers, we should protest against companies that treat their employees unfairly. It only takes one person to make a big change.