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Employment Law in Action
When it comes to workplace expectations, American culture has evolved in a way that sets higher expectations in the workplace in reference to diversity and inclusion. To create such environments, require individuals to embrace a workplace culture that is filled with different ethnicities, social backgrounds, genders, and sexual orientations. This can be challenging for those that have adapted to things being a certain way in the workplace for so long, but there are laws in place to protect those that fall into these categories. "Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin. In addition, section 102 of the CRA (which is printed elsewhere in this publication) amends the Revised Statutes by adding a new section following section 1977 (42 U.S.C. 1981), to provide for the recovery of compensatory and punitive damages in cases of intentional violations of Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973" (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 2023).
I believe that ethics evolves more quickly than the law. Over time, people change, technology advances, and different ideas are introduced to the world. Ethics is based on the moral principles that an individual lives by, and this can be different depending on where the person is from or how they were raised. The reality is that there are people that will continue to be racist, homophobic, or bigot among other things, but because there are no laws that state that they can't be that way, they are free to feel as they wish without any consequences as long as there is no direct threat. The law is slow to catch up, and in order for a law to pass legislation, both the house and the senate have to approve it before it goes to the President. Laws can take years to pass with no guarantee that they will, and considering we have a Republican controlled House and a Democratic controlled Senate it may never happen.