Stakeholders of the Situation There are different perspectives to consider in any situation; otherwise known as the people who are impacted in a situation. Different stakeholder in discrimination cases against the LGBT community include employers, co-workers, customers, the family member of the LGBT individual impacted, and the impacted LGBT person themself.
How the LGBT Community is Affected To find out how the LGBT community is personally affected, I turned to a member of it, Amanda Blair. I started out by asking her if she knew of anyone who had been discriminated against while at work because of their sexual orientation and she responded by saying how her friend had been harassed by another co-worker because she was bisexual. The next
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An Employer’s Impact
Employers can be impacted negatively by putting people in unfair situations. According to the Engagdet website, some business and employers can be sued in some situations. When homophobic, racist, or sexist remarks are made, businesses can be greatly impacted by potential lawsuits. Although interviewers are not allowed to ask the individual they’re interviewing what their sexual orientation is, according to National Public Radio some employers will take a step farther to find out personal information about their potential employees. Some job employers will search social media in search of finding information about their sexual orientation and other parts of their social life.
However, some examples of discrimination be seen as positive to certain employers. Many employers run their businesses based on their personal beliefs; for example, the Salvation Army runs off of Christian beliefs. In some cases, businesses can express their views and beliefs through their business. Sometimes these ideas are spread in either negative or positive
The recent, dramatic increase in the number of EEOC complaints charging employers with illegal discrimination has forced employers to realize that they are exposed to increasing amounts of liability -- including punitive damages -- for remarks and conduct of their managers and employees. This increased liability reinforces the importance of effectively handling and responding to a charge of discrimination filed with the EEOC. By properly handling the charge at its early stages, an employer can reduce significantly, or possibly eliminate, potential liability.
Racial discrimination in hiring, is the practice of letting a person’s race or skin color becomes an unfairly factor when deciding whether to hire, promote, or other employment benefits. Often it affects minorities, but there have been cases where whites have claimed that they have experienced reverse discrimination. Companies
Grant, Jaime M., Lisa A. Mottet, Justin Tanis, Jack Harrison, Jody L. Herman, and Mara Keisling. Injustice at Every Turn: A Report of the National Transgender Discrimination Survey.Washington: National Center for Transgender Equality and National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, 2011. 158-59.
After learning and reviewing the action continuum chart in this class it brought a specific quote to my mind, “if you’re not a part of the solution, you’re a part of the problem,” while I was aware of other forms of oppression, I only really involved myself with topics and intervention tactics that dealt with racism and sexism, as these were the two areas directly affecting me and my life. One of the topics in this course that stood out to me was the discussion on transgender oppression, before coming to college, information about the transgender community and even sectors of the LGBTQ community was somewhat taboo to me..
Introduction- Discrimination affects people all over the world. People of all ethnicities and from all different walks of life are influenced in some way by workplace discrimination. "Discrimination" means unequal treatment. One of the most common elements discriminated against is a persons ethnicity, or their race. This is called Racial Discrimination. While there are many federal laws concerning discrimination, most states have enacted laws that prohibit it. These laws may have different remedies than the federal laws and may, in certain circumstances be more favorable than the federal laws.
Homosexual activity has been around since the dawn of time. As far back as 9660-5000 BCE there has been evidence of homosexual encounters. Throughout history there have been numerous recordings of homosexual activity, from Roman art depicting homosexual acts during the 1st century, to Leonardo da Vinci who was charged with sodomy on multiple occasions in 1476, the acts of same sex encounters have been no stranger in the past (LGBT social movements, 2014). The LGBT movement however, is a more recent escapade. The LGBT movement is the attempt to change social and political attitudes towards homosexuality for the better. There have been multiple movements in the LGBT community as to date, along with the emergence of numerous LGBT organizations. There are well over fifty different LGBT organizations all over the world. Some are international, such as the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC), and some are country or region based, such as Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) in Uganda. Each organization has its own mission and goals which it wishes to accomplish in order to make the world a better and more equal place for LGBT communities. Two specific LGBT organizations are: the Gay & Lesbian Alliance against Defamation (GLAAD) in the United States, and the Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights (RFSL) in Sweden.
Countless organizations are available with the purpose of serving LGBT people who may be suffering, physically, mentally, or emotionally. One of the many goals of the LGBT community is to celebrate individuality, diversity, and sexuality. The LGBT does serve these needs, as it provides a place where gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people can be apologetically themselves.
Discrimination is known to exist in all workplaces, sometimes it is too subtle to notice, and other times it is exceedingly obvious. It is known that everyone subconsciously discriminates, dependant on their own beliefs and environments that surround them. However, discrimination can be either positive or negative in their results, and sometimes discrimination is a necessary part of life.
Sheridan, Vanessa. The Complete Guide to Transgender in the Workplace. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger/ABC-CLIO, 2009. Print.
According to the research done in the year 2013 found that most of the LGBT community members were highly mistreated badly by their bosses who discriminated them in respect to their sexuality transgender and sex personality (Gates, 2011). This act did not please LGBT community and made them to go streets campaigning to be given their job rights and be respected by their employers.. Another report which was done in the same year by the National Black Justice Coalition found that majority of the LGBT community group around 50% who are black Africans were highly discriminated and segregated at workplace. They were not given equal rights like the other Americans but instead got fired from jobs and sometimes undermined. Around 22 states have passed laws making work separation because of sexual introduction unlawful 19 likewise incorporate sex personality LGBT specialist’s still need government assurance (Gates, 2011). Poverty is also another ethical issue experienced by LGBT community. Research demonstrates that against LGBT segregation affects LGBT specialists' monetary prosperity, prompting high rates of joblessness, vagrancy, weakness and sustenance instability. Seat found that LGBT laborers will probably acquire less every year contrasted with the general U.S. populace. Furthermore, from the analysis done about discrimination of LGBT community in employment showed that that Transgender people
She Identify that in United States are lacking in baseline protections for transgender employees for discrimination and harassment. Because of this transgender only have few things to rely on, like the use of disability law to advocate for transgender employment protection. Bender- Baird specify that this strategy have two major obstacles. The first one is critism on transgender people as being disable or sick. Second is in federal they excludes transsexual and cross dressing people. Transgender people also rely on demand protection under Title VII of Civil Rights act of 1964. Which protect the workers from discrimination on the basis of sex. Bender- Baird Clearly written the strengths and Weknesses of each approach on this chapter to help the readers to know about the complicated and complex legal thing on the issues. Also in this chapter Bender-baired discussed the importance of equality act in transgender people which is putting a distinct category in discrimination law rather than expanding the Title VII that protecting transgender people through disability law. That fell under the ENDA or what they call Employment Non-Discrimination Act. That address the cases of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees that have been discriminated in work environment because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Work plays an important role in our daily life, it is considered much more huge part of our personal life. During our daily work we make many relationships throughout our career history. Sometimes these relationships become lasting, and sometimes employment discrimination might happen. This relationships that we thought it last could be cut off by the devastation of claims of discriminatory treatment. Discrimination in the workforce has been an issue since the first people of workers in United States in the present day and as well in the past. Some employees were subjected to a harsh working conditions, verbal abuse, denial of advancement,, and many other injustices. There was also the fact that certain employees were being treated differently than other employees.
Harassment and discrimination can affect a business in many ways. Having a history of harassment and discrimination claims can damage a business’ reputation and affect its bottom line. It can cost the business current and future clients as well as investors and employees. Depending on the gravity of the claim(s), the process of settling the claim(s) can take anywhere from months to years. Meanwhile, the cost of the settlement and other fees continue to add up. A business might have to compensate the affected parties besides paying court fees and lawyers. The EEOC has seen a rise in monetary rewards from 7.5 million to 24.3 million (Glazer, 1996) However, all of these can be avoided by properly educating employers and employees about their rights and what harassment and discrimination entails.
Discrimination causes job instability which rises the unemployment and poverty rates for LGBT individuals (Burns). Despite the wait for the passing of ENDA, transgender individual’s legal and social standing is improving despite unfair treatment in the workplace (Burns). An increasing number of states, municipalities, and businesses have adopted nondiscrimination protections that prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (Burns). Along with these protection laws, the public has started showing support for employment protections and workplace fairness for transgender workers
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