{"id":10,"date":"2025-04-08T01:39:42","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T01:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/sambezzant\/?p=10"},"modified":"2025-04-08T01:39:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T01:39:42","slug":"experiences-with-discrimination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/sambezzant\/2025\/04\/08\/experiences-with-discrimination\/","title":{"rendered":"Experiences with discrimination"},"content":{"rendered":"If I came across a news article reporting that my favorite company was accused of widespread discrimination against individuals from a group I associate with, it would absolutely change how I felt about the company. Trust is central to my support of any organization, and discovering evidence of systemic discrimination would create serious doubts about the company&#8217;s culture, leadership, and commitment to ethical values.<br \/><br \/>It would strongly influence my decision to support the company moving forward. Even if the company produced products or services I liked, I would find it difficult to justify continuing to purchase from them or publicly associate myself with their brand. Consumer behavior research shows that customers increasingly hold companies accountable for their social responsibility, and I believe that supporting companies financially is a form of endorsement. Unless the company demonstrated meaningful efforts to correct the harm \u2014 not just through public relations statements, but through transparent, systemic changes \u2014 I would likely withdraw my support.<br \/><br \/>It would also change whether I would apply to work for the company in the future. A workplace that tolerates or enables discrimination is not one where I could see myself growing professionally or personally. Management research emphasizes the importance of organizational culture in employee engagement and retention, and a discriminatory environment would conflict deeply with my values. I would need to see clear evidence of structural reform, leadership change, and a demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion before I would even reconsider.<br \/><br \/>Ultimately, discrimination erodes the foundation of trust and shared purpose that makes any company truly great. It would be difficult for me to overlook such a fundamental issue.<br \/><br \/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If I came across a news article reporting that my favorite company was accused of widespread discrimination against individuals from a group I associate with, it would absolutely change how I felt about the company. Trust is central to my support of any organization, and discovering evidence of systemic discrimination would create serious doubts about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14795,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/sambezzant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/sambezzant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/sambezzant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/sambezzant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14795"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/sambezzant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/sambezzant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/sambezzant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10\/revisions\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/sambezzant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/sambezzant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/sambezzant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}