Discrimination at the Workplace

City Planning Final Paper

May 3, 2010

Discrimination at the Workplace

When a person or a group of people are being treated in a certain way based only on the class or category they belong, we classify this term as discrimination. The subject which discrimination relates to is sociology. The process of discrimination is very basic; this involves restricting or excluding a group of people from certain opportunities which is otherwise available to others not belonging to that class. There has been extensive research that has been performed with regards to discrimination. Based on this research a lot of categories have been found, such as if we look at them in a specific way we can say that there are three specifics; Ethnic, Religious and Social. The categories which are further divided; all fall under these three broad heads. Some of the more generalized forms of discrimination include ageism, racism, sexism, reverse discrimination, religious intolerance etc. When we further analyze this topic, we find that all of the stated above types of discrimination can be set in different environments; this can be at school, at the office or even in a coffee shop. After conducting comprehensive research, it has been found that there is a heavy presence of discrimination issues workplaces around the world.

Workplace discrimination occurs when the employee is being treated unfairly. Not only do the people who are different face such issues, but those who are present to protect them or report the behaviors to the authorities may also become the target of discrimination. There are a number of areas which are protected by federal laws of many states including recruiting, job evaluations, training, disciplinary areas etc. But despite the fact that these laws are present, we hear of many discrimination related issues and cases in these are particular areas as well. At times it happens that certain unlawful matters are the cause of discrimination, there are laws that...