I found a lot of information from this class to be really really interesting and important as I enter into the professional realm. In my opinion what is most important is the information about iscrimination. I think it is really important to know and truly understand discrimination for many reasons. It is important to understand discrimination because discrimination can get a company in trouble legally and, in my opinion, more importantly, discrimination can prevent talented people from having the opportunities that they deserve and not promote diversity within an organization. Discrimination broadly is defined as making distinctions among people which is not inherently bad and is necessary for decision making processes. Disparate treatment and adverse treatment are types of discrimination that are harmful to people and organizations. Disparate treatment is the intentional discrimination where people are not given opportunities based on race, color, sex, age, ethnic, group, national origin, or religious belief. Disparate treatment is illegal in the United States. Adverse impact is unintentional discrimination that occurs when people of protected classes are unintentionally harmed because they are trained, at lower rates than others. Adverse impact is also illegal. It is important for organizations to avoid discrimination and have measures in place to prove they were not being discriminatory with their hiring decisions. The fourth fifths rule says hiring practices are discriminatory if the hiring rate of protected classes is less than four fifths of the majority group. According to the lecture even 1% bias in hiring practices can lead to 11 million dollars in loss of productivity because less qualified candidates are receiving job which results in the company being less productive and losing money. I think that discrimination is something to take seriously because it can lead to significant impacts on protected group which has many adverse consequences on society, minority groups and the organization.
