Discrimination in the Workplace: Gender, Class, and Race

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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