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This 8 page paper looks at a case provided by the student where a female employee is denied the position of partner and believes that it is due to gender discrimination. The paper considers this from a legal and ethical perspective, looking at the way the process may have been biased by individual prejudices. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
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brought; it may also be argued that the approach was also unethical. To asses this case we need to look at the approach to determine if this can be argued
as unethical as a result of discrimination. According to Websters English Dictionary it is defined as "Treatment or consideration based on class
or category rather than individual merit; partiality or prejudice". Therefore, we can see that discrimination may be based on many different aspects of perception, colour, race, religion, gender, age, sexual
preference, those with children, or without children, even on other physical attributes such as height or weight. In this case it is gender.
In some instances, such as in the employment environment, sexism or gender discrimination is not overt or even consciously pursued. It is the subtle forms of discrimination that may
be problematic, such as the expectations and conforming stereotypes and the common cognitive errors of categories employees or peers (Krieger, 1995). For example, it was suggested to Anne that she
style her hair and become more masculine, it is highly unlikely that the equivalent advice would have been given to a male candidate, or even that the same factors (in
reverse) would have even been an issue.. However, when looking at the way discrimination identified there are some problems as there is
a recognition that the intent is an important aspect of discrimination, but it is not the only important factor, it is here that the law is seen as lacking, but
this does not lessen the ethical or moral aspects of discrimination;, on this Krieger, (1995) states " The law needs to replace the search for discriminatory intent or effect with
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