Should Positive Discrimination be Allowed in the Workplace?

Running head: BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
Should positive discrimination be allowed in the workplace?
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2. Kantian view of discriminations in workplace
Kant’s philosophy is based on the aspect that the actions performed by the individuals are
morally good. The main focus of Kantian Philosophy is that the individuals need to comply with
the legal obligations for creating a good image within the workplace. In view of this perspective,
discriminations should not be allowed in the workplace. This is because it results in the
destruction of the workplace decorum (Harris, 2017). If the discriminations come from the
employees, then they are violating the rules and regulations. Moreover, this violation can be
considered as deliberate, reflecting the deviation from the moral values. Attaching the case,
engaging the employees into the workplace issues generates workplace diversity. Therefore, it is
the duty of the managers to conduct group discussions for averting the instances of conflicts,
discriminations and harassments in the workplace premises (Johnson, 2015).
According to the Utilitarian view, the directions of the people should be based on
exposing kind attitude to the people. This relates with the enhancement of social status through
catering to the needs, demands and requirements of the clients. Based on this aspect,
discriminations should not allowed in the workplace. This is because it does not ensure the
wellbeing of the employees. The statements of Rachel expose the disinterest of the employees
towards the recruitment and selection process. The adoption of new processes in the workplace
issues and systems is good in terms of attracting the candidates (Vaughn, 2015). On the other
hand, if this innovation brings biasness among the employees, it proves harmful for the
productivity.
In this section, the centre of discussion would be the stakeholder theory under the
utilitarian approach. The ethical decisions in the organizations are sometimes made under the

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influence of utilitarianism. The experts have debated that the companies or the service providers
must have a proper relationship of trust among them. Only then the companies can take the
competitive advantage properly (Waller, 2013)The case of the utilitarianism in the fighter
workers has been really effective in this matter. If the companies can keep a better relationship
with the stakeholders, this will help them to earn a better spot in the industry and have better
financial outcomes. Trust is a very important, valuable and rare source that is very hard to
achieve. As per the utilitarian sources, this will bring the best competitive advantage for the
organizations (Hinman, 2012).
The case of the fighter workers will have to be discussed in this section. The terrible
consequences might take place because of the closing of the doors by the nations for all the
outsiders (Waller, 2013). The immigration facilities have been misused and the most important
stakeholder in this section is the government. Some of the major impacts or influences that can
be caused in this context are the economic inefficiencies;the economic inequality is also one very
gruesome factor in this issue (Reamer, 2013). The utilitarian approach in this matter is not at all
acceptable since laws and rules of the country are violated. As the principle stakeholders, the
government will have to adjust the immigration policies properly but not following the utilitarian
approach. The political tyranny can increase because of taking the utilitarian approach indeed
(Hinman, 2012).
The case of the fighter workers might fall on the different people like the immigrants of
one country, the native workers, and the national culture of the countries, labor markets of the
concerned countries, capital flight, and entrepreneurship of the new businesses. There are other
kinds of views as well. If the utilitarian approach is followed for the fighter workers, the security
of the people will be in great distress (Reamer, 2013).It has been believed that the illegal