Fair Treatment at Work: Ethics, Diversity, and Federal Law

This report delves into the significance of ethical treatment in the workplace, emphasizing the importance of valuing employees and prohibiting discrimination based on race, gender, and disability, as outlined in federal laws. It analyzes the benefits of voluntarily prohibiting discrimination against pregnant women and adopting hiring and promotion practices that foster workforce diversity, leading to increased creativity, productivity, and a positive brand reputation. The report evaluates the ethical considerations of both prohibiting voluntary forms of discrimination and diversifying the workforce, underscoring the fundamental human right to equal employment opportunities. The final recommendations advocate for a comprehensive approach to employee protection, urging the nationwide retail business owner to prioritize diversity, inclusion, and fairness in all workplace practices to ensure a motivated, secure, and high-performing workforce.

Running Head: FAIR TREATMENT AT THE WORKPLACE
Fair Treatment at the Workplace
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
1. Benefits of Prohibiting 3 Forms of Discrimination – Racial Discrimination, Gender Based
Discrimination and Disability Discrimination as outlined in Federal Laws....................................2
2. Benefits of Voluntarily Prohibiting Discrimination under Federal Laws – The Case of
Pregnant Women.............................................................................................................................3
3. Benefits of Adopting Hiring and Promotion Practices that are Designed to Diversify the
Workforce........................................................................................................................................4
4. Evaluating the Ethics of Voluntarily Prohibiting Discrimination at the Workplace................4
5. Evaluating the Ethics of Adopting Hiring and Promotion Practices that Diversify the
Workforce........................................................................................................................................5
Final Recommendations..................................................................................................................5
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................6
References and Bibliography...........................................................................................................7

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Introduction
Ethical treatment at the workplace is absolutely imperative if workers are to be valued
and cherished at the organization where they are employed. Workers are not treated with any
degree of fairness and who are discriminated against on the grounds of race, religion, ethnicity,
or socio-economic status, will not feel motivated enough to give their optimum to the
organization that has recruited them and this in turn will get reflected in their performance at
work (Benschop, 2016). This report discusses the benefits that can be experienced by a large-
scale nationwide retailer in prohibiting three forms of discrimination that outlined in anti-federal
discrimination laws, analyzes the benefits of prohibiting forms of discrimination that are not
covered under federal law, states the benefits of adopting hiring and promotion practices that are
designed to diversify the workforce and evaluates the ethical considerations of not prohibiting
voluntary the forms of discrimination that have been examined. The report concludes with some
final recommendations on whether or not the retailer should ensure all forms of employee
protection as discussed in this report.
1. Benefits of Prohibiting 3 Forms of Discrimination – Racial
Discrimination, Gender Based Discrimination and Disability
Discrimination as outlined in Federal Laws
The federal laws make it clear that discrimination that is carried out on grounds of race
gender and disability are unacceptable at the workplace. If the owner of a nationwide retail
business outlet decides to prohibit such forms of discrimination when recruiting employees, there
are a number of benefits to be experienced upon doing so. For starters, such an employer will be

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able to utilize the talent and the potential that is offered by people belonging to different ethnic
backgrounds (Blackstock et al., 2015). It is much better to hire a black man who is intelligent
rather than a white man who may not be able to offer the skills and the expertise needed to run
the organization successfully. When the employer recruits both men as well as women instead of
only men, and gives both an equal salary, he gives the women population of the country the
adequate representation they need at the workplace, gives them the opportunity to earn as much
as the men folk and contribute to the workplace in a positive and nurturing way which women
are known for. Even disability discrimination ought not to be practiced, not simply on ethical
grounds but also because of the fact that disabled people are positioned to do the types of jobs
that healthy people cannot, often due to their exceptional intelligence, thus benefitting the person
who has employed them in the first place.
2. Benefits of Voluntarily Prohibiting Discrimination under Federal Laws
– The Case of Pregnant Women
Employers are often reluctant to recruit pregnant women into well paying job positions
largely due to the fact that such employees will require paid maternity leave over a considerable
period of time, a time when they will be unable to offer the services that they have been hired
for. However, there is a certain benefit associated with not discriminating against employees who
are pregnant (Carroll & Buchholtz, 2014). For instance, a woman who is pregnant but who is
hired anyway, and is given the same pay as that of her co-workers will feel motivated to stay on
at the particular workplace, in this case, for the nationwide retail business, for as long as
possible. She will feel grateful for the fact that she has been given paid maternity leave and will
feel more secure doing this job than she has done any other job. Her desire to do her best for the

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company and give her optimum at her place of work is something that will be at an all time high.
She will want to resume work at the organization as soon as the birth process is over, and the
doctor gives her the release certificate that she needs in order to be able to resume her duties at
work once again (Harvey & Allard, 2015).
3. Benefits of Adopting Hiring and Promotion Practices that are Designed
to Diversify the Workforce
There are quite a few benefits that are associated with adopting hiring and promotion
practices that are designed to diversify the workforce. For one, a diversified workforce is one
that will result in increased creativity. Work production will be far more innovative and creative
when a diverse range of workers are employed by the nationwide retail business. Different minds
will come together to create products and services of an amazing variety leading to good
business in the long run. A diverse workforce will also lead to increased productivity and boost
the reputation of the brand like never before. Fear and feelings of injustice will be reduced
considerable and there will be an overall spurt in performance on the part of the employees (De
Leon et al., 2014).
4. Evaluating the Ethics of Voluntarily Prohibiting Discrimination at the
Workplace
Discrimination at the workplace is a practice that ought not to exist at all, as it goes
against the basic tenets of human rights and human dignity. Every human being has the right to
be employed and to get paid for the work that he does. If a person is disabled, belongs to a
specific gender, or belongs to a different race than that of the majority population, this does not

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mean that he should be denied the opportunity to do the best that he can for the organization that
he is looking to work for.
5. Evaluating the Ethics of Adopting Hiring and Promotion Practices that
Diversify the Workforce
It is imperative and completely ethical to hire people from different ethnic or religious
backgrounds or both, by the business, as this will not only lead to an increase in production and
efficiency and even innovation at the workplace, but also it will make people from different
backgrounds feel well represented at their place of work. Workers are likely to feel more
included and feel more positively about an organization, where diversity is widely practiced and
where tolerance is exercised towards people from different religions, cultures, ethnicities and of
course gender.
Final Recommendations
 It is imperative for the nationwide retail business owner to prohibit voluntarily the
various forms of federal discrimination there are, especially discrimination on
grounds of race, gender and disability. The employer should instead go all out to
recruit women and members of the third gender into the organization, provided they have
the skills and the expertise needed to do a good job. The employee should consider hiring
handicapped people by designating certain jobs in the organization that are to be done by
them only, giving the handicapped a chance to earn an income. Hiring people from
different ethnic backgrounds will also help the business in the long run, making it more

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diverse, though no compromise should be made on the part of the employer where
qualifications and experience is concerned.
 When it comes to adopting hiring and promotion practices that are designed to
create a diversified workforce, efforts must be made to hire people from various
cultural backgrounds and also hire people from different religions and gender, so that the
workplace becomes more innovative, comfortable and unique in nature, standing out
from organizations where diverse hiring practices are not exercised.
Conclusion
A workplace is one that must always be ethical in its treatment towards employees, that
is, the people who run the business in the first place. By making the workforce as diverse as
possible and prohibiting any discrimination at the workplace on grounds of gender, disability and
race, the owner of the nationwide retail business will ensure equal treatment and a good degree
of fairness at the workplace, giving workers the motivation and the security that they need to do
their jobs in the best possible way.

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