Christian Values And Discrimination Paper
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Christian Values and Discrimination
We commend CFA for running their business under Christian values, however, their decisions on hiring and funding organizations that rebel against the LGBT community is discrimination to all those who are not Christians. COO, Dan Cathy stated “ You don’t have to be a Christian to work at Chick-Fil-A, but we ask you to base your business on biblical principles because they work” (Schmall, 2016). Megan Pearson, writer from the International Journal of Law, explained types of discrimination such as direct discrimination and indirect discrimination (Pearson, 2016). CFA is indirectly discriminating against people who are not of the Christian religion. Though CFA claims to hire non-christians, they …show more content…
However, by asking employees to “base their work on biblical values” aren’t they are indirectly discriminating non-christians by stating that they must comply to these standards? Consider a person of a different religion; a Buddhist, a Muslim, or a Jew. These people have their own religions and they most likely do not believe in the bible, therefore, they wouldn’t want to comply to biblical standards. This statement alone discriminates to people of other religions because working at CFA would cause them to go against their own religious beliefs. People of another religion would feel infuriated and would not feel they have an employment opportunity at CFA. CFA is also in violation of Title XII of Civil Rights Act 1964 employers do not have the right to discriminate one for their race, gender, or religion. CFA limits job opportunities for Americans and indirectly discriminates by claiming they hire non-christians but limiting opportunities by stating that they …show more content…
According to the lack of fit model, gender stereotypes are not necessarily “invariantly problematic” (Heilman, 2015, p. 116). Instead, they are problematic in instances where the stereotypes link with a particular gender do not match or fit with the stereotypes or characteristics thought to be associated with a particular job (Heilman, 2015).
In the CFA case, if we change the gender condition to religion, the model still works. In the CFA case, hiring only Christian employees doesn’t make the business better. CFA has the right to run their organization on their religious beliefs. However it is important to separate business and personal beliefs.The hiring process should only associated with candidate's’ personality, experience or their professional skills (know how to make chicken sandwich). Religion is not one of the require skill so that they can finish their
Christian Values and Discrimination
We commend CFA for running their business under Christian values, however, their decisions on hiring and funding organizations that rebel against the LGBT community is discrimination to all those who are not Christians. COO, Dan Cathy stated “ You don’t have to be a Christian to work at Chick-Fil-A, but we ask you to base your business on biblical principles because they work” (Schmall, 2016). Megan Pearson, writer from the International Journal of Law, explained types of discrimination such as direct discrimination and indirect discrimination (Pearson, 2016). CFA is indirectly discriminating against people who are not of the Christian religion. Though CFA claims to hire non-christians, they …show more content…
However, by asking employees to “base their work on biblical values” aren’t they are indirectly discriminating non-christians by stating that they must comply to these standards? Consider a person of a different religion; a Buddhist, a Muslim, or a Jew. These people have their own religions and they most likely do not believe in the bible, therefore, they wouldn’t want to comply to biblical standards. This statement alone discriminates to people of other religions because working at CFA would cause them to go against their own religious beliefs. People of another religion would feel infuriated and would not feel they have an employment opportunity at CFA. CFA is also in violation of Title XII of Civil Rights Act 1964 employers do not have the right to discriminate one for their race, gender, or religion. CFA limits job opportunities for Americans and indirectly discriminates by claiming they hire non-christians but limiting opportunities by stating that they …show more content…
According to the lack of fit model, gender stereotypes are not necessarily “invariantly problematic” (Heilman, 2015, p. 116). Instead, they are problematic in instances where the stereotypes link with a particular gender do not match or fit with the stereotypes or characteristics thought to be associated with a particular job (Heilman, 2015).
In the CFA case, if we change the gender condition to religion, the model still works. In the CFA case, hiring only Christian employees doesn’t make the business better. CFA has the right to run their organization on their religious beliefs. However it is important to separate business and personal beliefs.The hiring process should only associated with candidate's’ personality, experience or their professional skills (know how to make chicken sandwich). Religion is not one of the require skill so that they can finish their