Addressing Inequality: Ethics, Society, and Employability in Business

This report delves into the critical intersection of ethics, society, and employability, specifically addressing inequalities within the workplace. It begins with an overview of Sky UK Limited, identifying income inequality, gender inequality, and promotional inequality as key issues. The report then proposes two solutions: providing fair remuneration and treating all employees equally. Furthermore, it highlights UN Women as an organization actively working to combat inequality on a global scale. The report concludes by emphasizing the importance of implementing solutions to foster a positive and equitable work environment. The document is contributed by a student to be published on the website Desklib. Desklib is a platform which provides all the necessary AI based study tools for students.

ETHICS, SOCIETY
AND
EMPLOYABILITY
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK...............................................................................................................................................3
Overview of the company:.....................................................................................................3
Identification of three causes or problem for the type of inequality within the business:......3
Proposing two solutions that can reduce the type of inequality in society or in the workplace:
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One organisation that contributes to solving the type of inequality:......................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6
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INTRODUCTION
The term ethics refers to a concept of knowing and doing what is right and what is wrong.
Society comprises of a group of people who lives within a surrounding having friendly relations
with each other through an informal meeting or gathering (Blau, 2016). People living within a
society shares their values or customs among each and makes a large area of country or territory.
Employability refers to an ability which an individual possess to attain some employment so that
can have adequate livelihood and survival. This comprises of certain knowledge, skills, attributes
or even understanding that a candidate carries with him in order to become an employee. The
present report comprises of some inequalities along with their solution which a female
employees faces in an organisation such as in Sky UK limited. Further the report includes an
organisation that contributes to solve inequality such as UN Women.
TASK
Overview of the company:
Sky UK limited is a broadcasting company based in UK being founded in year 1990
belongs to an industry of mass media. The company is offering its services in a form of
broadband or television, mobile or telephone fixed line services within a country. Till date the
company is having more than 12.7 million of customers who are associated with it. The company
offers wide range of its services with numerous different features that makes it different from
rival firms in an industry.
Identification of three causes or problem for the type of inequality within the business:
The three different causes of problem for the type of inequality are mentioned below:
1. Income Inequality: This comprises of differentiation in remuneration or salary which an
employee gets from concerned organisation for which he or she is doing hard work
(Jacobs, 1995). In relation to Sky UK limited the company has experienced a gap in
payment of bonus where company’s women’s were getting less bonus payment as
compared to the male employees within the same organisation and at same place of job
profile.
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2. Gender Inequality: This refers to have differentiation among people on the basis of
gender such as males, females or other. In this form of inequality the males or females are
not seen or treated as an equal human being rather males are treated as superior. In
relation to Sky UK limited the company has experienced a gender inequality or a gap for
approximately 11.5 per cent due to a lack of female employees at senior or for
technological roles within an organisation (Barratt Bianca, 2018).
3. Inequality in promotion: This comprises of females not getting an opportunity of getting
promoted even if they deserve due to their feminism factor instead of males even who are
not competent for the higher job position. In context to Sky UK limited the company has
an experience of having promotional inequality for women employees as they were
having less number of female employees in their organisation.
Proposing two solutions that can reduce the type of inequality in society or in the workplace:
The two different solutions for reduction in inequalities are mentioned below:
1. Providing fair and justifiable remuneration to all: The solution asks companies to
offer fair and justifiable remuneration to all the employees working in same
department at same level so that cannot leave any scope of inequality. Company
even should provide adequate bonus or incentives if deserves irrespective of their
gender or religion.
2. Treating all employees equally: This can be done by not having any kind of
discrimination on the basis of gender and treating all the employees of company
equally. This also comprises of providing promotion or recognition to the deserved
employee by removing the thought of their masculinity or feminisms. Women and
men should be treated equally which can be done by recruiting both category of
employees in equal ratio.
One organisation that contributes to solving the type of inequality:
The one organisation that supports in solving inequality is UN Women organisation. The
organisation stands for “United Nation Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of
Women”. The organisation works for bring equality in favour of women at global level covering
all countries across globe. It works with a close relationship with government as well as with
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civil societies in order to formulate some laws or policies along with services that can bring
benefit to the women (Human right careers, 2020). It focuses on women participation or lead
with benefit from the systems of government equally, autonomy in terms of economy, fair work
and security of income, free from violence and developing of sustainable resilience and peace. It
also has its services in the field of gender equality to have sustainable goals for development
through assistance of state members who are held accountable for their own statements in
relation to gender equality.
Organisational Goals:
The main goal of UN women is to improve instead of replacing the efforts from different
parts of its system that will help in continuing to bring responsibilities of gender equality along
with empowerment of women in their expertise areas.
Example:
The organisation for UN women has developed a specific series of program in a form of
flagship initiatives having a focus on making strong voice for girls as well as women on the basis
of their rights through removing the barriers of structure in context to empowerment of women
and gender equality.
CONCLUSION
From the above report it can be concluded that inequalities are a matter of concern that does
not allows society to develop. The solutions for such inequalities should be implemented by the
organisations in order to have friendly environment along with positive attitude of each
employee. There are some organisations that work in support of equality for women so to
provide them their constitutional or human right.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Blau, F.D., 2016. Gender, inequality, and wages. OUP Catalogue.
Jacobs, J.A., 1995. Gender Inequality at Work. Sage Publications, Inc., 2455 Teller Road,
Thousand Oaks, CA 91320 (paperback: ISBN-0-8039-5697-5; cloth: ISBN-0-8039-
5696-7)..
Online
Company facing inequalities, Barratt Bianca, 2018. [Online] Available through
https://www.forbes.com/sites/biancabarratt/2018/10/18/5-of-the-best-uk-companies-for-
women-to-work-for/?sh=7378758119a6
Organisations supporting equality, Human right careers, 2020. [Online] Available through
https://www.humanrightscareers.com/magazine/organizations-gender-equality/
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