Monday, January 7, 2013

Future Feelings For Discrimination In The Work Place?

Within the past few decades Congress and U.S Politicians and business executives have taken an active role in combating discrimination within the workplace.  This, as well as the increasing tend for American citizens to take legal actions has lead to a significant decrease in discrimination in the modern workplace. It seems likely that this trend will continue for quite some time, with more proposals being made in government to protect the rights of citizen workers that they may come to believe have been unjustly treated in the workplace. If anything, this attention to discrimination may increase to the point where it has become a deterrence to the efficiency of the workplace, creating a gridlock due to intertwining policies and regulations that could hinder the abilities of certain business to maintain a high level of efficiency. This of course can be combated by an increase in the training of employees and managers within the work area, so that they know how to avoid such situations. The reason why these policies have become so effective is because of the constant legal presence that creates an atmosphere where these discriminant actions are both frowned upon and punished accordingly.Yes, while this continue-es increase in the awareness in workplace discrimination will lead to significant decreases in cases of discrimination, it will never truly eliminate it, either from the workplace or from the public world. The causes behind this are endless, whether it be from cultural shift and actions that affect a large percentage of the population, such as the September 11th terrorist attack, which lead to increasing aggressiveness and discrimination to citizens and workers of Middle Eastern decent, or from past discrimination that will continue to linger, such as the latent racism and sexism that certain individuals contain within themselves.