The Ethics of Job Discrimination

 Job discrimination is very common in a workplace especially here in our country. It starts with the common discrimination of physical attributes, social status, disabilities, followed by schools attended, gender, and region and so on. As early as passing an application, there is an immediate discrimination from the people who screen those applications. It is an advantage to have a good looking photo which is not really necessary. Then they immediately look at the school which the applicant attended, if it is not a well known school then most probably the application would be dumped. Only a few that are not in the upper class had the opportunity to get a scholarship in well known universities. Some had to pay their own tuition but they have only enough to cover it and it is not an option to fail.

If we look back and look into further details we could see that most of the successful applicants came from a wealthy family or middle to upper class. The advantage that they have is that they have money to pay for expensive schools. Another advantage is having parents that have already built a network that makes them influential. Automatically, it is passed on to their children who are already given a lot of opportunity. Say for example the legacy of a family business. Another thing is company politics, let’s say my father is a stock broker and he knows his clients very well, he can easily refer me to a company and be qualified for a job. It is one awful way of getting others eliminated just because my parents know the owner and the company and the other applicants are just strangers hoping to get hired.

It is not fair and unethical to practice politics in a company or in 

hiring applicants but it seems pretty normal to people nowadays. This is one example of inequality and the result is the rich are getting richer and poor becomes poorer. If this is always the case then we can never find balance in this world and there is always this pyramid in life where it seems to be very difficult climb one step higher to the top. It is only then we realize that most of us are helpless. We are trying so hard to survive and work hard within the concrete jungle but we still struggle to grab an opportunity because of discrimination.

Other things to ponder are racial discrimination which is obviously 

a foul play and is very offensive. Another issue is gender equality, aside from “male dominating female” mindset; we should also take into account the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. They are a part of our population and they are also humans that need to work for a living and survive by obtaining the basic needs in life. They are individuals that have remarkable talents and skills that needs acceptance in this world. Equality is a must but the way we see it, most of us are living in a world where it is fair to be unfair and unfair to be fair.