Ok. So you've got this thesis leader back in college who was a bit. gay. He was the leader of your group and he was often seen wearing what was seem to be "blouses for women". He graduated suma kum laude from your college and you graduated with average grades.
fast forward to the future.
Both of you are working in the same company. In 6 months you have worked there, he has yet to be promoted yet other people that starts out as he has were already promoted. Your boss then approaches you and tell you that he will promote you. You ask him, why not the "other guy" (your friend). He sniggers and say, "You're just better". Your promotion will grant you 20,000 pesos increase in salary and you are paying your way through your masters course. You are barely making ends meet. Is it ethical to accept the job? knowing that there is a huge evidence of discrimination to your friend?
2007-08-11 05:32:53 · 11 answers · asked by Ramora Desoleb 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Btw, this is just for a subject I am taking. I guess it really is discrimination because we are currently tackling discrimination. I'm trying to think of arguments for both sides for the upcoming debate. If you answered ethical, why? and if you answered unethical, why not? The question just ends like this. Any help would be appreciated.
2007-08-11 05:33:44 · update #1
While you may suspect that there is another reason that you are being chosen for the position your boss has told you that it is because you are better. As a friend you could speak to your friend and see if he feels that he is being discriminated, but it is ulitmately up to him to log a complaint not you. Perhaps he doesn't want to out of embarrasment. Perhaps, although he is "book smart" he is not a hard worker or good with people or some other reason he is being passed over.
Bottom line is that you have been told you are the best person for the job and nothing else. There is no ethical reason to prevent you from taking the job. If you were to turn it down it is unlikely that your friend would get it, rather someone else, so I see no reason for both you and your friend to suffer.
Also, I fail to see "huge evidence" of discrimination, rather some circumstances that lead to suspicion.
2007-08-11 05:42:33 · answer #1 · answered by elysialaw 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
OK, everyone else is going to give you reasons why it is discrimination, so I'll give you possible arguments against that position.
I have known people who were the best in their class academically, but in the real world, they just couldn't handle it. Maybe they were terrible at time management, or had no interpersonal skills. Sometimes they just had a bad attitude, and it showed in their job performance.
Some of the most successful people were poor students. Thomas Edison barely had any formal schooling, but he was one of the most amazing inventors.
Some jobs simply don't require academic excellence. In fact, the personality type that gets good grades is sometimes an abysmal employee at these tasks. They can be dismissive about client needs, have annoying personalities, or compulsively spend too much time on trivial matters that are only of interest to them.
Is it ethical to take the promotion? Absolutely yes, because for whatever reason or combination of reasons, they want you instead. A company is in business to make money. They would not purposely pass over a better qualified candidate for someone who couldn't handle the job. A boss would not want incompetent people working for him. It would make him look bad.
Maybe the boss wants you because you try harder, have a better attitude, or are just a better personality fit. All these factors are legitimate concerns in a company. Imagine if you were running Prada, and a loudmouth malcontent like Janeane Garrofolo was working in procurement. Perhaps she has the training to do her job, but her attitude nullifies all the good she could potentially do. Her mere presence turns off buyers because she is unpleasant and sarcastic.
To summarize, good grades are not always an accurate prediction of good job performance. Some people can get straight A's studying computer science, but they can't design good programs. They just dont have the innate talent.
There are a lot of nebulous factors that makes one person a better job candidate than another.
2007-08-11 06:01:02 · answer #2 · answered by pachl@sbcglobal.net 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it would be ethical on your part to accept a promotion in that situation. You may actually be a better worker. But all other things being equal, it would be your employer who has shady ethics for bypassing the other worker. Also, I think it is up to the person who is being discriminated against to deal with it, not you.
2007-08-11 05:39:09 · answer #3 · answered by me_myself_&_eye 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-15 12:01:31 · answer #4 · answered by louthan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have to agree with pachl@sbcglobal.net. Based entirely on what you said in the question, there is absolutely ZERO evidence of discrimination. It is entirely possible that you, and all the others promoted ahead of this person, actually ARE better for the position than he is.
2007-08-11 06:52:29 · answer #5 · answered by STEVEN F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is obviously unethical on the part of the company.
If it were a real situation, I think I would take the promotion, but also start looking for a new job because I would not know when they would start discriminating against me.
2007-08-11 05:41:48 · answer #6 · answered by Paladin 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
given how the country is screwing everybody, go for it. Univerisity should not be that expensive-but like your health system-only the rich get a chance-so if you get that chance, take it. It's not about ethics, but reality. Unless you like starving for your principles. Reality check. Ding. Money wins everytime. Ask the politicians and bosses who are using your labour to feather their investors nest eggs.
2007-08-11 05:41:46 · answer #7 · answered by almostvoid 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If your boss says you are better.Then that is why he's promoting you. The fact that he sniggerd, could be because he feels it is evident that your friend, is inadequate.
Yes it is ethical to accept the job.
2007-08-11 05:39:41 · answer #8 · answered by sunkissed 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Why not they may not be promoting him because of his work you proof that he is not being promoted because he is gay.
2007-08-11 07:55:23 · answer #9 · answered by Big Daddy R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you can prove that you are not a better worker than yes it would be unethical
2007-08-11 05:44:28 · answer #10 · answered by robert2011@sbcglobal.net 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋