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    This document discusses the ethics of job discrimination and different forms it can take. It defines discrimination as decisions made based on prejudice rather than individual merit that harm employees. Discrimination can be intentional from a single person's prejudice or unintentional if someone adopts societal stereotypes. It can also be institutional if part of a group's routine behavior. The document also mentions affirmative action programs which are designed to increase minority representation in organizations to match their availability in the workforce.

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    This document discusses the ethics of job discrimination and different forms it can take. It defines discrimination as decisions made based on prejudice rather than individual merit that harm employees. Discrimination can be intentional from a single person's prejudice or unintentional if someone adopts societal stereotypes. It can also be institutional if part of a group's routine behavior. The document also mentions affirmative action programs which are designed to increase minority representation in organizations to match their availability in the workforce.

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    This document discusses the ethics of job discrimination and different forms it can take. It defines discrimination as decisions made based on prejudice rather than individual merit that harm employees. Discrimination can be intentional from a single person's prejudice or unintentional if someone adopts societal stereotypes. It can also be institutional if part of a group's routine behavior. The document also mentions affirmative action programs which are designed to increase minority representation in organizations to match their availability in the workforce.

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    The Ethics of Job Discrimination

    Discrimination
    It simply refers to the act of distinguishing one object from another. However, in modern usage, the term refers to "wrongful discrimination," or distinguishing among people on the basis of prejudice instead of individual merit. Discrimination in employment involves three basic elements: It must be a decision not based on individual merit. The decision must derive from racial or sexual prejudice. The decision must have a harmful impact on the interest of employees.

    Forms of Discrimination
    Intentional: Institutional Aspect: An act may be part of the isolated behavior of a single individual who: Intentionally discriminates based on personal prejudice. An act may be part of the routine, institutionalized behavior of a group. The act must intentionally discriminate out of personal prejudice. An act may be part of the isolated behavior of a single individual who unintentionally discriminates because he or she uncritically adopts the practices and stereotypes of his or her society.

    Affirmative Action Programs


    A program designed to ensure the proposition of minorities within an organization matches their proportion in the available workforce.

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