Ethical Analysis Facial Discrimination
Ethical Analysis
Assigned Case Number and Full Title: Case 9.5 “Facial Discrimination”
a. In your own words, write a two- or three-sentence summary of this case.
Three employees have finished interviewing college students for summer internships. The employees discuss how one of the candidates was too ugly to work at Allied Products Inc. Then employees begin discussing if discrimination on the basis of looks is unethical or even illegal.
b. What is the essential ethical issue here? (In your own words, write out a one-sentence summary of the ethical issue as it arises in the type of situation being described here.)
The case contemplates if it is unethical to discriminate on the basis of looks.
c. What is the ethical "rule" that can be drawn from this situation? (Write out the ethical rule, in your own words, in the form of a sentence that includes the words ought or ought not. The ethical rule should make some reference to the context or situation involved with the type of situation being described here.)
Employees ought not discriminate on the basis of looks.
d. What is the harm, or potential harm, to other individuals that can occur if this ethical rule is not followed? (Write out a one-sentence description of the potential harm to other individuals if this ethical rule is broken.)
The employment decision would unfairly disadvantage any future job applicants that are considered fat, unattractive, or unusual looking.
e. What is the harm, or potential harm to society that can occur if this ethical rule is not followed? (Write out a one-sentence description of the potential harm to society if this ethical rule is broken.)
If employers began to discriminate on the basis of looks, society could start categorizing fat, unattractive, or unusual looking people as failures and avoid encouraging these people to reach for their goals. Self esteem would be at an all time low.
f. What is the law as it applies to the situation being
Assigned Case Number and Full Title: Case 9.5 “Facial Discrimination”
a. In your own words, write a two- or three-sentence summary of this case.
Three employees have finished interviewing college students for summer internships. The employees discuss how one of the candidates was too ugly to work at Allied Products Inc. Then employees begin discussing if discrimination on the basis of looks is unethical or even illegal.
b. What is the essential ethical issue here? (In your own words, write out a one-sentence summary of the ethical issue as it arises in the type of situation being described here.)
The case contemplates if it is unethical to discriminate on the basis of looks.
c. What is the ethical "rule" that can be drawn from this situation? (Write out the ethical rule, in your own words, in the form of a sentence that includes the words ought or ought not. The ethical rule should make some reference to the context or situation involved with the type of situation being described here.)
Employees ought not discriminate on the basis of looks.
d. What is the harm, or potential harm, to other individuals that can occur if this ethical rule is not followed? (Write out a one-sentence description of the potential harm to other individuals if this ethical rule is broken.)
The employment decision would unfairly disadvantage any future job applicants that are considered fat, unattractive, or unusual looking.
e. What is the harm, or potential harm to society that can occur if this ethical rule is not followed? (Write out a one-sentence description of the potential harm to society if this ethical rule is broken.)
If employers began to discriminate on the basis of looks, society could start categorizing fat, unattractive, or unusual looking people as failures and avoid encouraging these people to reach for their goals. Self esteem would be at an all time low.
f. What is the law as it applies to the situation being