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Religious Discrimination | Case Study

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Religious Discrimination | Case Study

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Case Study1.Explain what is legally needed in order for religious discrimination to exist.Ans: Religious discrimination is a type of discrimination in which a person or a group of persons is discriminated based on their religious beliefs and ideals. People are mocked and this kind of incidents not only happens in the personal life but also happens in the professional life as well. So, the legal rules are made and implemented so as to stop this kind of religious discrimination. They not only play an important role to protect the people of different religions but also plays an important role in safeguarding the religious as well as ethical and moral beliefs of a person. In religious discrimination, people are treated differently and are not given their proper rights. In the workplace also, various kinds of religious discrimination may take place. People are not treated properly, not given equal opportunities to perform so as to prove their capabilities among the others (BaylSmith and Griffin, 2014). The employees or the candidates are not recruited, terminated at any point of time, not appreciated for their hard work during the time of the promotions. It is also possiblethat, employees are not given better training as well as benefits due to their religious beliefs. Religious harassment the question is about discrimination, although harassment is one form of discrimination) can of different types such as passing offensive or hurtful remarks, teasing,isolating the person etc leading to a bad work environment. These kind of behaviour and treatment is not acceptable as it can harm the performance and growth of the organization. The reason is that the discriminated people may not feel encouraged to give their best by increasing the productivity and the performance of the firm in the competitive world (Cortina,Kabat-Farr, Leskinen et al, 2013). So, from the case study, it can be seen though Treton Communications Inc. firm follows and maintains anti-discrimination policies but still an employee had to face religious discrimination from both the colleagues and the seniors.
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2You do not define religious discrimination or discuss reasonable accommodation and undue hardship, disparate impact and prima facie case of discrimination.2.Is the company guilty of religious discrimination? Match the facts of the case to the legal criteria.Ans: Yes. The company Trenton Communications is guilty of religious discrimination. Thereason is that though the firm follows and stopped any kind of anti-discrimination cases but still an employee named MarShawn DeMuralso known asMaalick had to face religious discrimination not only from his colleagues and the coworkers but also from one of his seniors Mr. Jenkins badly. The employees and the higher officials clearly knew about the anti-religious discrimination policies clearly but still they violated the rules and made fun of the religious beliefs and transformation of Maalick. From the case study, it can be clearly observed that Maalick was an African- American who was working effectively and efficiently in the work. He was a religious person who was interested in the ideas of International Spirituality and converted in that religion by taking a new name for himself (Dean, Safranski and Lee,2014). After becoming the member of the International Spirituality when he returned to the workplace, it can be observed that his colleagues and coworkers were looking at him strangely and did not behaved with him properly. In spite of replying to his conversation, they expressed their feeling in body language, made fun of him and again started doing their assigned jobs. These kind of behavior and responses are illegal according to the legal rules as he should be given proper respect in spite of having different religious beliefs. From the study, it can also be noticed that his workplace was decorated withvarious kinds of pin dolls, with hats, incense containers, strange symbols, letters etc. The reason of keeping the things in his office is that the coworkers were not able to accept ad respect his religious ideologies (Emerson and Murphy, 2014). Another reason of doing these
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3activities was to humiliate and to make him realize that he had done wrong by accepting the religion. The possible discriminatory practice was not promoting Maalick.3.Explain what is legally needed in order for racial harassment to exist.Ans: Racial discrimination also known as racial harassment Racial harassment is a one form of discrimination.is a process by which a person or a group of persons are treated badly or ignored based on their race, personality, color, body language, gender (generally not gender. Gender discrimination is a separate claim) etc. The idea of racial discrimination or harassment is not only present within the society but also within the workplace among the employees. In the workplace, the people are not only treated badly, they are mocked, not given equal rights and responsibilities based on their abilities. Sometimes candidates are selected and hired based on their skin color, race etc. and not on the qualifications, abilities, skills they have within themselves. People are harassed badly, not given equal responsibilities, roles, positions etc. after working hard and giving their best for the firm. People are not only abused verbally and physically but are also tortured emotionally (Gebert, Boerner, Kearney et al, 2014). These kinds of things can lead to offensive behavior of the person leading to development of the bad working environment. The organization also has to suffer a lot as if the candidates are selected based on their race, then it may be possible that the organization may lose good talents and skills. The better talents and skills can help the firm to perform better in the changing business environment and gain good success, growth and sustainability in the society. So, various kinds of legal laws are prepared by both the government as well as by the management of the organization. The main aim is to make sure that irrespective of their caste and race, the employees get good opportunities to give their best for the firm without facing any kid s of harassments (Ghumman, Ryan, Barclay and Markel, 2013). However, from the case study, it is clear that the employee also had to face racial discrimination from the coworkers and the senior official who appointed him in the
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