Gender Bias in the Workplace
Gender Bias in the Workplace In 1972, the U. ... government attempting to correct discrimination in the workplace passed the Equal Employment Opportunity Act. This act protects individual rights and promotes employment opportunities and fairness for everyone within the workplace (Klingner & Nalbandian, 1998,p. ... This act should have eliminated gender bias and pay inequities, but has it accomplished its goal? ... Does gender bias and pay inequities still exist in 2003, 31 years after the passage of the act? In researching this topic, I do find that gender bias and pay inequities are still prevalent in todays working world. Because there are so many women and minorities in the workforce today, I will attempt to explore some of the reasons why gender bias and pay inequities still exist. ... Background Does the organizational culture attribute to gender bias and pay inequalities? ... Many times, the organizational culture and climate foster workplace inequalities and these inequalities are maintained by group pressure (Hale, 1999, p. ... For women, it must be clear that bias in the workplace does exist. ... (Terri Mrosko, 2002) Every organization must adopt policies that eliminate the gender discrimination.