Discrimination in Employment and Sociology

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This paper explains that the most important legislation in connection with employment discrimination is Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which clearly states that employers cannot discriminate of sex, color, or race. The author points out that, as long as a person is able and willing to work, he or she cannot be discriminated against, provided their skills match the job for which they have applied. The paper reviews six rules, which should be part of every employment evaluation process: consistency, bias suppression, accuracy, correctability, representativeness, and ethicality.

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Definition: Employment Discrimination
Discrimination on the Basis of Sex
Discrimination on the Basis of Race
Age Discrimination
Discrimination on the Basis of Disability
Rules of Evaluation

From the Paper:

"Discrimination on the basis of race is a very old issue and concern. Organizations today try their best to minimize risks of discrimination, on the basis of racial background, but the problem still exists and it plagues our organizational culture in the United States. Racial discrimination is obvious and thus can be easily detected; almost 78 percent of working Americans believe that their employers discriminate on the basis of race. One of my very close friends became victim of reverse discrimination when she was denied a job she deserved on the basis of company's fixed quota for minorities. While Debra is extremely bright and quite a diligent worker, she was denied an entry level job at JC Penny and instead a black woman, slightly older than herself, got that job simply because the company had a policy of hiring as many black employees in a year as whites."

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