ETHICS-DISCRIMINATION QUESTIONS    1400w

DISCRIMINATION, AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

4. I believe there are multiple kinds of argument against racial and sexual job discrimination, which include the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Executive Order 11246, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972. There is also the argument against racial and sexual job discrimination based on Utilitarianism, Rights, and Justice. The Utilitarian argument states that jobs should be assigned based on skills and personality traits, if it advances public welfare. Discrimination creates inefficiency, which is opposite to utilitarianism. Any other ideals for hiring someone or discriminating against someone decrease productivity. The Rights-based perspective argues that discrimination is wrong as it violates a person’s basic moral right. Discrimination also adheres to the belief that certain groups are inferior to others, and due to that inequality, they have jobs that are of a lower socio-economic status. These