Equal Opportunity in the Workplace
An equal opportunity for recognition and advancement is critical to the success of Corporate America. It's crucial for the overall success of a corporation because the dynamics of fairness falls under the banner of reciprocity. In other words, if there is a mutual exchange of privileges this creates a win-win for the company.
Many of the top brass of corporations utilize unfair politics, practices, and favoritism based on race, level of sycophancy, creed, greed, and other improper and unethical methods. Little do they know, or even care to understand, is that the law of reciprocity works collectively, just as it does individually. Why do you think the United States has been embroiled in such chaos, confusion, and debt for the past few decades? To borrow a phrase from the late Malcolm X, "the chickens have come home to roost."
Unequal and unfair recognition is the quickest way to lower office morale. Recognizing the sycophant is not good in the long run and it creates animosity throughout the workplace. Rewards, recognition, and raises are for those who truly deserve it.
System For Fair Promotions
All employees should receive frequent and constructive feedback. A good employer will also provide support in the professional development of its employees, along with timely appraisals.
Fair Pay
Employees should be compensated fairly for the work they do. The company would not be in business without the staff that consist of occupational and management workers.
Appeals Process
The appeal process is usually where most companies drop the ball. It is critical for employees to know that they have a fair opportunity to have grievances heard and acted upon by management. Unions have gone the way of the dinosaur, so it is important that employees have a fair and equitable way to settle differences.
Eliminate Favoritism
Eliminating favoritism is much easier said than done. People simply have favorites however, if you are in a management position, or any position of authority on your job, know this: playing favorites has deleterious consequences in the long run.
Many of the top brass of corporations utilize unfair politics, practices, and favoritism based on race, level of sycophancy, creed, greed, and other improper and unethical methods. Little do they know, or even care to understand, is that the law of reciprocity works collectively, just as it does individually. Why do you think the United States has been embroiled in such chaos, confusion, and debt for the past few decades? To borrow a phrase from the late Malcolm X, "the chickens have come home to roost."
Unequal and unfair recognition is the quickest way to lower office morale. Recognizing the sycophant is not good in the long run and it creates animosity throughout the workplace. Rewards, recognition, and raises are for those who truly deserve it.
System For Fair Promotions
All employees should receive frequent and constructive feedback. A good employer will also provide support in the professional development of its employees, along with timely appraisals.
Fair Pay
Employees should be compensated fairly for the work they do. The company would not be in business without the staff that consist of occupational and management workers.
Appeals Process
The appeal process is usually where most companies drop the ball. It is critical for employees to know that they have a fair opportunity to have grievances heard and acted upon by management. Unions have gone the way of the dinosaur, so it is important that employees have a fair and equitable way to settle differences.
Eliminate Favoritism
Eliminating favoritism is much easier said than done. People simply have favorites however, if you are in a management position, or any position of authority on your job, know this: playing favorites has deleterious consequences in the long run.
Contents at a Glance
"Can't we all just get along?" If only Rodney King would have had the foresight to copyright those very simple words, he'd be a rich man today. But why can't we all get along? Do we not realize we come from the same source? Do we not realize that we will return to that source? The source is not discriminatory in any way, shape, or form so what will be your explanation for your earthly behavior?
There's racial discrimination; gender discrimination; religious intolerance; and myriad other ways for us to disrespect and dislike one another. One thing you might want to consider is that at some point in time you will receive the exact same treatment, except to a more severe degree, that you meted out. Why? Because Divine Justice is fair, across the board, and neither time nor death can derail this universal reality.
Take a look at the videos below. To add some levity to this otherwise serious matter, check out the five videos at the bottom of this Lens, they are hilarious.
There's racial discrimination; gender discrimination; religious intolerance; and myriad other ways for us to disrespect and dislike one another. One thing you might want to consider is that at some point in time you will receive the exact same treatment, except to a more severe degree, that you meted out. Why? Because Divine Justice is fair, across the board, and neither time nor death can derail this universal reality.
Take a look at the videos below. To add some levity to this otherwise serious matter, check out the five videos at the bottom of this Lens, they are hilarious.
Equality in the Workplace
Discrimination is not a Laughing Matter
.. but these videos are
Discrimination Links
- Age Discrimination: How Old is Too Old?
- Believe it, or not, job seekers are reporting age discrimination beginning as early as the mid-thirties. By the time you reach your forties, you can be considered washed up in some industries. There are strategies you can use to help mitigate discrimination issues. There are also laws that prohibit employment discrimination because of age.
- Gender Discrimination in the Workplace
- The gender gap at work is still alive and well according to new research that examined gender roles in the workplace.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics cites women working 41 to 44 hours per week earn 84.6% of what men working similar hours earn. It gets worse as women work longer hours - women working more than 60 hours per week earn only 78.3% of what men in the same time category earn. - Human Rights First
- Promoting inclusion and combating hate crime as a serious human rights violation.
- The Stress of Workplace Discrimination
- When Audrey Murrell's mother was a biology student in the 1950s, she was told that she had to wait for all the white students to finish their experiments before she could use the lab.
Fast-forward to the 1980s, when Murrell was a graduate student herself. The discrimination she faced was not as blatant but just as real. She was excluded from study groups, and other students would take all the copies of homework assignments before she could get one.
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