Discrimination in the Workplace: Gender, Class, and Race

This assignment explores the intersectionality of discrimination in the workplace based on gender, class, and race. It discusses the concept of intersectionality, the impact of gender discrimination, racial discrimination, and class discrimination, and how these forms of discrimination work together. The assignment also includes a case study on Amazon, highlighting the discrimination faced by its employees. It concludes with the importance of creating a discrimination-free workplace.

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Table of Contents
PART 1............................................................................................................................................3
INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................................3
INTERSECTIONALITY.......................................................................................................3
GENDER DISCRIMINANTION...........................................................................................4
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION ..............................................................................................4
CLASS DISCRIMINANTON................................................................................................5
HOW THEY WORK TOGEHTHER.....................................................................................5
CONCLUSION......................................................................................................................6
PART 2............................................................................................................................................7
INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................................7
BACKGROUND OF THE CASE STUDY...........................................................................7
BLACK LIVES MATTER (BLM)........................................................................................8
APPLICATION OF THE THEORY......................................................................................9
CONCLUSION....................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

PART 1
INTRODUCTION
In the corporate sector, a word which is very familiar and founded in every type of
companies is discrimination. In a general way discrimination is the act of making unethical
distinction in between the human beings based on the different aspects of group, class, categories
which they are perceived to belong. In the workplace the discrimination based on the gender,
sexuality, race, religion, maternity and disability. Harassment is the unwelcome conduct which is
discriminatory or sexual in nature (Benussi, Dell'Era and et.al. 2018). There is a very fine line in
between the harmless joke and discrimination. To protect the ethical environment in the
workplace, the discrimination law is used and this law protect the current workers of the
company and at the same time prospective workers. In the respected assignment the chosen topic
for the discrimination are Gender, Class and Race. All these three topics are covered under the
discrimination of the workplace environment and all these topics are covered under the
intersectional framework.
INTERSECTIONALITY
Intersectionality is a theoretical framework, which provide the conceptualization a
person, group, social problem, which is actually affected by the number of discrimination and
disadvantage. It has been affected as because of overlapping identities and experiences of the
people in order to achieve the understanding level and complexity level of the discrimination
they face in their workplace. In other words, intersectional theory define the people who are
often facing disadvantage through the multiple sources of the workplace oppressions.
Intersectionality recognize the identify the social platform such as race, class, gender for
providing shaping the individual's experience (Block, 2018). In the equality act 2010 in UK,
there are nine protected characteristics which are race, disability, sex, age, sexual orientation,
religion, gender, pregnancy and marriage and civil partnership. Intersectional workplace is the
tool which improve the access, opportunity and equality within the workforce of the company.
There are some benefits which are provide the maximum wealth and well-being within the
organisation. Next it help in raising the awareness and help the employer to follow the inequality
in the company. It promotes equality and diversity in the workplace, and interaction help the HR
to think a way forward. Intersectionality also create the brand image in the market.

GENDER DISCRIMINANTION
In the company the practices of the gender equality treat the men and women are same
their basic pay, their workload all are same. But in this there are many implication which are
happening in most of the companies as this is overlooked by the company culture, personal
attitude or many current laws. All these things become important and the gender equality is
become overlapped somewhere (Dovidio, Gaertner and Abad-Merino, 2017). The the gender
equality, the included part is the equal pay and benefits, equal consideration and equal
opportunity and promotion in the organisation. For the protection in the gender inequality in UK,
there are various laws which protect the environment, equality act 2010 in section13, the
statement about the gender equality is defined and explain. Also in the part of EU, article 141(1)
of the treaty of the European Community, defined that each member of the country will ensure
that the principle which is applied in all the organisation and individual that the equal pay for
male and female must be equal in the monetary and metal terms (Gender inequality at work,
2021). In last the gender equality law act include the two main sex discrimination act 1975, and
equal pay act 1970 and employment right act 1996. although all these acts arr now remains under
equality act 2010.
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
Racial discrimination in the workplace, can be defined as the any exclusion, restriction or
preference is based on the race, colour or descent which has main origin is to make the purpose
of the impairing an employees ability in order to exercise their right to equal standing in the
workplace. While having the racial and ethical diversity in the workplace which actually help the
company in order to achieve the objective and make a ethical and satisfied cultural environment
in the companies (Improving racial and ethnic diversity in the workplace, 2021). The benefits of
the company when they make the racial free environment is gain the importance of the workers
and their efficiency in the company, it will reduced the turnover cost of the company. Further it
will help in maintaining the internal dispute of the company. In addition to this is help in
attracting more customers, in the diversifying customer market. Increased the motivation in
between the employees and a motivated employee will make the development and innovation in
the existing product line (Dubbelt, Rispens and Demerouti, 2016). For improving the racial
diversity in the workplace, face the challenge in the review of the employees. And to overcome

this challenge it is important to initiate the work culture for create a more inclusive corporate
culture.
CLASS DISCRIMINANTON
Class discrimination also known as the classism, is the discrimination on the basis of the
social class of the individual. It include the individual benefits, behaviour, system of the policies
and practices which are using by the benefit of upper class at the expense of the lower class. In
the UK it is analysed that people have different background earn on the different basis even
when they have the same qualification and do the same type of job (Dwertmann, Nishii and Van
Knippenberg, 2016). This class discrimination is evaluated on the schooling basis of the
individual, their parental background and many more some unconditional basis (Class
discrimination and the workplace: TUC proposes new laws, 2021). Trade union congress make
the proposal for minimising the effect of the class discrimination, so they propose some proposal
that are:
To make the discrimination which is based on unlawful, just like race, sex and disability
in the companies.
To introduce the legal duties on the public sector to priorities the class discrimination and
income inequality.
To introduce the compulsory class pay gap reporting for all the employees.
All these things must be approach and needed in the market of UK, which help the
companies and their employees to work. It can be reduce when the company start changing their
policies, review the recruitment practices, making a new and innovative interview of the
techniques. And in last the reward system and training services for the employees help them in
order to neglect the class discrimination.
HOW THEY WORK TOGEHTHER
Discrimination is the major social problem which is faced by the every second individual
of the company in the different manner. But all of these discrimination component are working
together in the any type of industry (Engelhardt and Utych, 2018). As most of the companies has
many outlets in across the world. And every organisation has there same organisation culture and
policies across the world. It would create the discriminant in between the organisation behaviour
and employees behaviour. All the employee of a organisation have there own background,
gender and class. And all of them have their different rules and culture which is differ from the

organisational culture so it is important for the companies that they have to make the culture
which support the employee's culture and nature. People can experience the different culture and
prejudice and to control and minimize that effect organisation must have to choose a single
culture which help the employees to work effectively (Lauren, 2018). When all the type of
discrimination compliance compliance under the same company then the company has to face
different and various type of challenges. In order to overcome that challenges every company
have to adopt those type of policies which are helpful for the employees. For this the company is
provide the level of satisfaction where the every single employee can report and submit the file
against the discrimination to the top management. When the company use the stereotype
behaviour then they are not able to complete the need of the employee. To remove the barrier of
discrimination in the companies they have to eliminate the dismantling barriers and ensuring the
qualities of the training which are provided by the companies. Another aspect is education and
ability is to be useful in the context of land and resources. The company can provide the teaching
concept which are applicable in all over the organisation in order to minimize the discrimination.
CONCLUSION
From the above assignment it is concluded that discrimination is the term which is
important for the aspect of company and fir their employee as well. This discrimination which is
actually based on the intersectionality have included nine component. And out of nine only three
component are explained which are gender, class and race. All these three are important aspect
for the employees as these discrimination aspect decline the productivity and motivation level.
Which indirectly somehow effect the growth of the company and decrease the brand image in the
market. But finding a healthy to overcome with this type of issue is an important point as this
will make an impact on the mental and physical health of the employee. With the major focus on
the core values, beliefs, and strength can easily minimize the impact of discrimination. So to
become a discrimination free company is important and necessary for the organisation and
employee both.

PART 2
INTRODUCTION
In the last several years, the report of discrimination are highest in the market of UK.
More than a third of the respondent say that they have been discriminated against there working
company. Most of the time it seems that young people affected mostly when it comes to
discrimination in the company (Lewis and Van Dyke, 2018). In this assignment the chosen case
study is about Amazon case study. As in the amazon they are failed in establish the relation with
their employees. So in this assignment about discrimination the amazon is the best fitted
company as their employees are facing high level discrimination in the context of age,
experience, class, race and gender. Despite numerous high profile scandals in amazon they are
growing in the market. As most of their employee work hard and tolerating the issues in the
respected company.
BACKGROUND OF THE CASE STUDY
As per the view point of Jodi Kantor and David Streitfeld, the employer of the amazon
told to their employees about that they have to forgot what they has been learned in their
previous jobs. They pressurise their employee to work hard and don't hit the wall just work hard
and climb the wall. Most of the Amazonian work according the best principle of leadership.
In the amazon, workers are encouraged to plan the ideas which are tear the other's idea in
the meeting, toil long and late and most importantly they have to maintain the standard which are
set by the companies which are unreasonably high. The most unethical part in the amazon is they
are not welcome the employees in the healthy style. They are not provide a back support to their
clients if they are facing any physical or mental trauma. One of the HR said workers who are
suffering from cancer, miscarriage, or any other personal crises, they had been evaluated unfairly
rather than providing the time to heal their pain and get recover from the metal or physical illness
(McCann and Brown, 2017). Most of time company set the targets which are untraceable and
very difficult to attain that targets in the given time period. In result company cut down their
employees salary and put the boundaries related to their work.
The company is really big, innovative, groundbreaking things which are desgined by the
top management, aren't that easy to attain the goal. One of the HR of the company said that it is
not easy to work in the marketing department and making an enduring image was watching

people weep in the premises where they work because there leader scold them in front of the
team or meeting room. They are very good in building the relationship with the customer but not
good in maintaining the relationship with the employees and they are not complete the
stratification level of their employee. What they want to complete the work, anyone who can't
complete that on time, will not provide a second chance in the company (Inside Amazon:
Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace, 2021). One who can handle their problems can
stay long in the company and find a way of success in the team. After having so many trouble
ion the internal sector of the company, their most of the employees try to innovate and focus on
the new hardware and different services to their valuable customers. Like kindle application, fire
tablets, Echo, grocery delivery, amazon fashion and their web series. All these are the new
service and goods which they introduce in the market to gain the large market share. This will
help the company to diversifying the amazon goods and services. All these things happened as
they use the different market strategies and mainly focus on the customer experience by
providing the services which are completing demand of valuable customer.
BLACK LIVES MATTER (BLM)
Black lives matter was founded in the 2013, in the response to acquittal of Traynor
martin's murder. It is the foundation, which is a global organisation In the United State, United
Kingdom, and Canada. There mission is to eradicate the white supremacy and maker the local
power to intervene the violence which is inflicted on black communities (Ngamake, Walch and
Raveepatarakul, 2016). They said that are the team of collective liberators who trust in inclusive
moment. They always said that the work they doing is completing when more and more people
comes and join them. They have to work beyond the nationalism which means too prevalent in
the black community of the employees who work in different countries. Their main task is to
affirm the lives of black people, trans people, disables, undocumented, women and all other
blacks who are facing the gender spectrum. Their network work within in the centralized manner
and work within the black liberalisation moments.
Their main work is to work for a world where the black people are no longer become the
target fro demise. They maintain their humanity in regrades to the social work, and in resilience
in the context of face deadly oppressions. Black lives matter activist have large and biggest
protest in the cities like united kingdom (Weichselbaumer, 2016). They organised their own
campaign and programmes which having the main agenda for completing the racial industry. It

was confounded by the online movement by three black community organizer. This moment is
expanded in 2014, after knowing that the police killed two black men. It is confounded that it is
the online movement which is expanded in 2014, after a police killed the two black people in
Staten Island, New York. It include various large protection protest to make the attention in the
international and national activities.
The black lives matter has many objectives; one of them is to identify those people who
are facing discrimination in their workplace (Pan, Wang and Pan, 2020). The moment has fought
racism through political actions, letter writing campaigns, non-violent moment. All these
moment help the organisation to work for the black people of the country who are facing the
issue regarding discrimination. They have to fight with police officers, law, minorities,
companies who are harass their women. In last they work for the improve the health status of the
people, who are suffering through mental trauma. Black lives matter also worked on the voter
registration, and collect the vote campaigns in the black community (Black Lives Matter, 2021).
Also they celebrated black artist and writers day for the success of there organisation.
APPLICATION OF THE THEORY
The theory of the discrimination is applied in the company like amazon to resolve the
issue of discrimination in the company. Discrimination's theory are the one which are used by
every organisation in order to use the maximization growth of the company. The legal definition
of the discrimination has two standard which are; disparate treatment discrimination, here
individual is treated as the less favourable outcome because of the race, class and gender. In this
type the treatment of the discrimination is involve intentional behaviour of the company as they
are motivated by the explicit employees (Seaton and Iida, 2019). In the amazon most of the
employee are feel racial because of their caste, colour and age.
Another type is statistical discrimination, by making the probabilistic discrimination
about the risk of being victimize the crime. The economic and gender based theories are
employed to work and analysis on the basis of being achieving equality in the community. These
theories are helpful in avoiding the discrimination in the following way, as the companies have
to focus on the diversity; with the help of diversifying the culture of the company which help in
ensuring the workplace is ethical rational or not. Another aspect is education; while providing a
proper training and eduction help the company to make the ethical decision and work according
to that. In addition to that suggestion the company can also review about the company policy

after implementing that, wit the help of feedback and employees respond. If the change is needed
then they have to comply with that changes. Furthermore a company has to make the team, as the
team building sessions help the company and focus on their employees getting to know each
other. This will help in making the creativity and pursuing the positive framework within the
company. In last a company can communicate within the organisation, as this will help to secure
the work culture of the employees (Steppe, 2017). They feel comfortable when they can directly
use the concern with supervisors, HR or a designated person who can solve the issue rises in the
employee's mind. In the various countries there are laws and policies are formulated by which
companies which are not providing their employees there basic right then they have to give them
if they don't do so, the employees can file the case against the company. The non-discrimination
nature and environment of the company help the company to grow in the market. If the employee
feel safe and satisfied in the organisation then they give their best to the organisation
also(Sutherland and Mackintosh, 2016). Which indirectly help the organisation to grown in
market and achieve the good brand image.
CONCLUSION
From the above second part it is concluded discrimination and their impact can change
the growth rate of the company. In the detailed case study it is stated that the company is not
completing the need of their employees. So in the context the employees turnover rate is high in
that company. Further the an evaluation is conducted on the black-lives-matters, which signify
the growth of the black people in the countries like united state, united kingdom and Canada.
After knowing the value of the discrimination in the company, it is become necessary to make
the individual stand in the organisation by every single employee so that discrimination will be
effected and these caste, gender, age, colour, racial and class are become just word and no
employee will exploited by their senior employers.

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