Today in class we watched a Danish movie called This Charming Man, this movie was basically about a danish man trying to find a job, he was out of work for about 2 years and he wants to start working again, but he started at a bad time, no one was really hiring, well at the banks anyways, and when he went to an HR office they got his paper work mixed up and placed him in a learning danish class. "HR
policies must be supported by procedures that, when followed, ensure the fair
and consistent application of the policy.(pg 66, Human Resources Management)" when the man character was trying to make everything correct again, trying to let the HR office for jobs know what happened they kept blowing him off, and passing him around to different people because of his last name, he wasn't Danish. (discrimination #1) "Discrimination on the basis of “national origin” is clearly prohibited by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.(pg 68, Hume Resources Management)" Imagine if you were put into that situation, and if you think about it we all have. For instance when we call a number and they just keep passing us around and keep transferring us to different people, and no one will actually sit and talk to us, that is another way of discrimination. No one is really wanting to spend the time to actually sit and talk to you because you don't know what it is exactly you want. Now if you are the opposite, and you call a number and you know EXACTLY what you want and you tell them you want this and refuse to be transferred back and forth then they will help you because they see you being worthy of it. "Experienced HR managers agree that determining exactly which 9091employment-related records to keep, and for how long, is one of their most essential tasks.(pg 91, Human Resources Management)" To deny someone help just because of their name or they don't seem to know what the hell they are wanting from you is an example of discrimination. Now even though this movie had a lot of examples and issues of discrimination, the phone passing one is what got to me the most, because I myself have experienced this before and trust me its not a good feeling, not feeling worthy or important enough to have someone actually take the time and talk to you .