Preventing Workplace Discrimination
What do we mean by Discrimination?
Discussions around discrimination can be considered one of the
defining conversations of our time.
It is important that we remember that fair discrimination is a
useful and necessary part of society. We discriminate every time we
choose one thing over another. For example where one job is
available within an organisation and there are multiple candidates,
one candidate must be chosen over the others. So long as this
choice is made fairly, based on merit, the other candidates should
not feel aggrieved. Discrimination becomes problematic when it is
unfair.
Unfair discrimination occurs when a judgement is made or action
taken towards somebody based on an irrelevant characteristic. Often
characteristics are transposed from one individual to another based
on an irrelevant commonality, such as age, gender, race or
religion.
