Workplace Discrimination and Its Impact on Companies

This research project discusses workplace discrimination and its impact on companies. It explores the implications of discrimination on employee performance and provides measures to avoid it. The research aims to acknowledge the impact of workplace discrimination on a multinational corporation.

ASSESSMENT

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Executive summary.........................................................................................................................3
Background of chosen topic............................................................................................................3
Project aims and objectives.............................................................................................................3
Research aim................................................................................................................................3
Research objectives.....................................................................................................................4
Literature review..............................................................................................................................4
The notion of discrimination at workplace..................................................................................4
Relationship between discrimination and performance of employees........................................6
Ways to avoid discrimination in the workplace..........................................................................7
Problems..........................................................................................................................................8
Conclusion and recommendations...................................................................................................9
References......................................................................................................................................10

Executive summary
Workplace discrimination is very big issue within different organisations, companies and
businesses. Many employees always face discrimination in the workplace in many of ventures.
This research project discusses the workplace discrimination and its impact on the company or
business. Currently top-level management within most companies focuses on removing this
discriminations aspect from their workplace, because this always negatively affects to business
operations of an organisation. Upper management within each and very business is always
required to avoid conducting those all activities and operations which promotes discrimination in
the workplace. This research project has projected the implications of discrimination on
employees’ performance as well.
Background of chosen topic
“Workplace discrimination and the impact on the company” is very important topic to be
discussed, because by discussing this topic, anyone can find put different productive ways which
contributes in removing this discrimination aspect from the workplace. According to different
business articles, many of businesses within market are discriminating their employees and
workers on the basis of their gender, race, national origin, mental or physical disability, religion,
age, colour and sexual orientations etc. So that, when upper management, leaders and managers
of an organisations discriminate their employees and workers, then this factor directly negatively
affect performance and productivity of different employees, and at end, these employees can’t
able to put their huge efforts in the workplace. In this situation, poor performance and
productivity of employees badly affect organisation’s reputation in the market. That’s why this
topic is highly needs to be considered and discussed. With the help of this topic, top-level
management of company will be able to avoid discrimination in its workplace.
Project aims and objectives
Research aim
“To acknowledge the impact placed by workplace discrimination on a multinational
corporation.” A secondary research on Sainsburys.

Research objectives
 To understand the notion of discrimination at work premises.
 To ascertain the factors that pose impact over employees’ performance within the
confines of Sainsbury’s.
 To determine the relation between discrimination at work place and employees’
performance.
Literature review
The notion of discrimination at workplace
According to Liu and Wilkinson (2017) currently thousands of employees and workers
are facing issue of discrimination in their respective workplace. Discrimination is generally a
negative aspect, so at that upper management of each organisation should always avoid it in the
workplace. Mainly employees and workers in a workplace of company has discriminated their
upper management, leaders and senior managers, in which this is completely unprofessional and
unethical thing. This is the main reason that, existing management of a company should take
some productive decisions and steps towards removing these all factors from its workplace.
Almost when a manager and leader discriminate its employees and workers on the basis of their
gender, race, national origin, mental or physical disability, religion, age and colour etc. then
employees feel very unvalued by their leader or manager. Basically, most employees and
workers always like to work in that business where upper management has always taken
different productive steps towards removing discrimination in their workplace. Many of
employees completely knows that discrimination can negatively affect to their performance and
productive. This aspect negatively affects to employees’ personal life as well, and that’s why
discrimination should always be removed from the workplace.
As illustrated by Domingo and Salva (2019) in this dynamic and modern world, top-
level management within many of organisations are completely aware by negative impact of
discrimination, and that’s why they are regularly taking different appropriate steps towards
avoiding discrimination in their daily operations. Basically, there are discrimination generally
exists in all type of organisations; private, public and social, in which this is key responsibility of
upper management of these organisations that, always removes those all elements from

workplace that promotes discrimination in the workplace. In this modern world, those businesses
and ventures are growing very fast which not conducts discriminative activities in their daily
operations. This is the main reason that, existing management within all organisations,
businesses are companies should be taken quick decisions towards removing discrimination from
their respective workplace. On the other side, with the support of discrimination less workplace,
every business will be able to achieve a workforce of many effective employees. Existing
management within should understand this basic thing that, currently lots of businesses are
investing huge fund for improving effectiveness within their employees, because is any company
or business has workforce of many effective employees, then it can easily achieve huge
competitive advantage. In this situation, if any company has succeeded in removing
discrimination from its workplace, then it will be able to gain huge completive advantage,
because workplace with zero discrimination is directly linked with business organisational
success.
On the basis of Park and et.al. (2017) governments of many countries has passed different
laws, standards and acts against discrimination. In this situation, government of the United
Kingdom also has formulated employment law that says discrimination is completely an ethical
attempt, so that if any business or company in the UK is found conducting discriminative
attempt, then it will be punished and penalised according to existing legal system. That’s why
top-level management within different businesses of the United Kingdom should create some
specific policies against discrimination. On the other side, most people and customers are also
fully aware by issue of discrimination, in which they never products and services from those
ventures and companies which promotes discrimination in their daily operations. According to
many of many of people, disclination is fully against the standards of humanity and ethics. So
that, businesses any at place need to never conduct involve such elements in their daily
operations which can promotes discrimination aspect in the workplace. Currently in the United
Kingdom, many of cases comes on daily basis in the market that, a business has penalised for
discriminating their employees and workers in the workplace. In this situation, existing
management within other businesses should be properly aware about always avoiding
discrimination in daily operations, otherwise they also get penalised according to the UK’s strict
legal system.

Relationship between discrimination and performance of employees
According to Bayl-Smith (2019) there are discrimination is directly linked with
performance of an employee. Suppose, the manager of a business discriminates it’s those
employees who from black community, basically these employees have black colour. In this
situation, this attempt of the manager definitely negatively affects to the performance of black
community employees as well as white community employees. Reason is, no employee within
the workplace like to see its manager to discriminate its other employees. Employees not shows
their too much energy and effectiveness in the workplace when they get discriminated through
their manager. So that, existing managers and leaders within companies should take necessary
step towards not to discriminate employees in the workplace, on the basis of their background.
Basically, when management of company judge its employees on the basis of their background
instead of their performance and productivity, in which attempt of management is also a kind of
discrimination. In this situation, the manager and leaders within a business should always
consider their employees on the basis of their performance and efficiency, not on the basis of
their ethnicity, religion, colour, sex, age etc. By taking this step, the management of any
company can positively affect to performance of its various employees in its daily operations,
and at the end that company can highly grow in its respective industry or sector.
As illustrated by Lim, Trau and Foo (2018) currently such organisations and businesses
are growing very fast in the market which has lots of well performing employees. Basically,
when managers and leaders of an organisation treat their all employees in ethical manner, then
they get motivated to perform well in the organisation’s workplace. However, when managers
and leaders within many of organisations are still discriminating their employees on the basis of
their many personal factors, like; colour, religion, caste, sex, age etc. It very badly affects
employees within workplace. Basically, when an employee gets discriminated by its manager or
leader, then it can be demotivated, and at the end, its performance will be decreased in the
workplace. So that, this thing can negatively affect to the existing organisation as well, because
no organisation is able to easily survive in the market with poor performing employees. In this
dynamic world, every organisation should be used an effective and well-performed workforce to
get better results and outcomes, in which avoiding discrimination in the workplace is very
excellent step towards getting an effective and well-performing workforce. Currently

competition within each industry or sector is raising regularly, in which businesses which has
well-performing employees can easily deal with this competitive market.
On the basis of Davis, Frolova and Callahan (2016) employees and workers always feel
valued by their upper management, when their management has treated them ethically. Basically,
employees like to put their hug efforts in daily operations of an organisation, when their upper
management provide them equal growth opportunity in the workplace. This is one of the best
ways to different businesses or companies for getting an effective workforce that, providing
growth opportunity to employees on by considering only their performance, workability and
efficiency. When a business considers employees; background instead of performance and
workability for providing growth opportunity, in which that business never be achieved an
effective workforce. Top-level management of an organisation should understand a basic thing
that, employees always join an organisation or company for growing itself as well as growing its
organisation. In this situation, existing management of organisation responsible to provide equal
growth opportunity to it’s all employees, and also should never be discriminated them in daily
operations. It is very necessary to management for enhancing performance of its employees. By
considering these all mentioned aspects and factors, any company or venture can easily achieve a
very effective workforce, and be able to gain great profit margins in the workplace. That’s why
companies and organisations should always be avoided discrimination in their respective
workplace.
Ways to avoid discrimination in the workplace
According to Heilman and Caleo (2018) there are various innovative ways and method
available in the market which can support to a company or business for removing and avoiding
discrimination from the workplace. It is very necessary to top-level management of a company to
adopt and use these all ways and methods for systematically avoiding discrimination from the
workplace. For example; upper management of a company should make a strict policy. In this
policy, it needs to be mentioned that, if any manager, leader or person of company discriminate
an employee, then it will be terminated from the company for forever. Due to fear termination,
no person of company can discriminate employees within the workplace. On the other side, the
upper management need to take quick action on terminating that person who has discriminated

employees within the workplace. Reason is, this type of persons is not favourable for the growth
of company, that’s why termination of that person is too necessary.
As illustrated by Flake (2017) currently top-level management of many organisation
organises various meetings where it invites its different leaders and manager for aware them
about impact of discrimination aspect. So that, this is an effective way to different companies for
avoiding and removing discrimination in the workplace. In this situation, all businesses should
adopt this way, and organise a meeting with its various leaders and managers for systematically
motivated them to never promote this discrimination aspect in the workplace. When upper
management request or order its various managers and leaders for not to discriminate employees,
then leader and managers can’t conduct discriminative attempts. According to Joutsen (2019)
currently there are many other ways also exists in the market that organisations can be used for
avoiding discrimination in the workplace. For example; upper management an organisation can
provide some training and development sessions to its various employees including leaders and
managers. In these sessions, upper management should try to develop moral values in all
employees, because when a person believes in moral values, then it never be discriminated other
person. Basically, this is the actual power of moral values that every person within the
organisation should be highly considered. These all ways and methods will definitely support to
different companies and business for forever avoiding discrimination aspect from their
workplace.
Problems
There are different problems has faced while completing this research project. Basically,
completing a research project is not a small task to person, because there are proper knowledge
of research topic and well-developed research skill highly required to complete a research project
in proper manner. The secondary research mainly used in this project, so for collecting data
through secondary research a person always needs to visit in places for finding appropriate data.
But due to corona virus (COVIDE 19) pandemic, there was not chance to go outside for finding
secondary data collection. After lots of efforts, there was created a pass to easily travel one place
to another. With the support to that pass, it was possible to visit different libraries and shops of
books, business articles and magazines. Finally, these all secondary resources have contributed

in completing this research project effectively (Täuber, Mulder and Flint, 2018). There is huge
risk has been taken while visit one place to another for finding mentioned secondary data,
because due to large number of active corona cases, in which that was very tough task to interact
strangers within in the market. Used public vehicle for visiting one place to another, in which
this was another a big problem in this research project. There are many other types of problems
also has faced (like; budget exceeded) while completing this project. But finally, with support of
problem-solving skill, all problems have systematically solved, and at the end, those all data has
achieved that are very necessary to this research project, and then an effective research project
has been created.
Conclusion and recommendations
On the basis of findings, it can be concluded that top-level management of Sainsburys
should always take some productive steps towards avoiding discrimination in the workplace. It is
very necessary for a company or business, because no company can achieve its decided targets
and goals by conducting discriminative attempts. There are Sainsburys need to create a specific
policy. In this policy company need to mentioned that, if any person found within the business
environment while discriminating anyone, then it will be terminated from the organisation. By
taking this type of steps any company can easily remove discrimination aspect from its
workplace (Derous and Decoster, 2017). According to the UK’s business law, every business and
organisation within the United Kingdom need to make an ethical workplace, because ethical
workplace never promotes discrimination. If any business not follow this law in this country,
then it will be penalised according to the UK’s legal system. Top-level management of a
company should understand this basic thing that, discrimination always negatively affect to
performance of employees, that’s why discrimination should be always avoided in the
workplace.

References
Books & Journals
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