Exam 4: Diversity, Discrimination and Harassment in the Workplace

In "Diversity", Sher argues that under a justice model of diversity, a lack of racial, sexual, and ethnic diversity is problematic because it shows that opportunities remain unequal.

As highlighted by Beauchamp, persons or groups can be guilty of discrimination through acts of thoughtlessness and indifference.

According to Beauchamp, diversity in the workplace can be associated with positive work outcomes.

Under Larry May's characterization, a group of men posting inappropriate pictures of women in a work break room would never fit the definition of a "hostile work environment".

In their conclusion Jaimie Leeser and William O'Donohue in "Normative Issues in Defining Sexual Harassment", contend that it is a violation of which of these moral principles that underlies the moral wrong involved in sexual harassment

As highlighted by Sterba, affirmative-action is less appropriate in the workplace for Hispanics who hold a comparable percentage of management positions as white males.

As stated by Sterba, affirmative action is unnecessary since we live in a color and gender-blind society.

In "Affirmative Action Goals in Hiring and Promotion" Tom L. Beauchamp believes that preferential selection policies need to be permanently instantiated in order to compensate for past injustices.

In "Sexual Harassment and Solidarity" Larry May argues that the central moral wrong that is committed in cases of sexual harassment is the displeasure it creates in violation of the utilitarian greatest happiness principle.

In contemplating sexual harassment as an abuse of power, the moral abuse that occurs is coercion of a person with lesser power.

Affirmative Action policies can legally only apply to racial and ethnic minorities.

Using the articles in the chapter discussing sexual harassment what do you believe to be the primary moral wrong committed by sexual harassment. Do you believe that there is a single moral wrong that undergirds sexual harassment or are there several. Be sure to defend your interpretation of the moral foundations of objections against sexual harassment against other interpretations.

In "A defense of Diversity Affirmative Action", Sterba highlighted a number of U.S. Supreme Court cases that support affirmative action processes in one way or another.

In "Sexual Harassment and Solidarity" Larry May specifies that in order for a claim of sexual harassment to be taken seriously the event must have affected the employee's psychological well-being and must have detracted from the employee's job performance.

As highlighted by Sterba, American-born white males make up 41% of the U.S. population and make up a similar percentage of all management positions in the U.S.