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Current and former black Amazon employees Claim racial discrimination
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Introduction
Organizations need to follow several ethics in their work process to maintain employee satisfaction and reputation in the market.
Racial discrimination is not a new issue incorporate business.
This presentation is focused on a case scenario related to racial discrimination in USA-based e-commerce giant Amazon.
Organizations need to follow several ethics in their work process to maintain employee satisfaction and reputation in the market. Racial discrimination is not a new issue incorporate business. This presentation is focused on a case scenario related to racial discrimination in USA-based e-commerce giant Amazon.
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Key points of the case study
Kelly-Rae was hired as the global manager of diversity at Amazon Web Services in 2019
According to the data, 26% of Amazon employees are either black or African-American (Ayers, p. 3)
That statistics might seems high, but that the entire 26% of employees are working as lower-paid warehouse workforce
Lack of ethical diversity is present in the upper-level management of Amazon. Kelly-Rae was hired as the global manager of diversity at Amazon Web Services in 2019. According to an interview by Kelly-Rae, black people either open doors or clean floors at Amazon. The interview also disclosed statistics about the employee's ethnicity. According to the data, 26% of Amazon employees are either black or African-American (Ayers, p. 3). That statistics might seems high, but that the entire 26% of employees are working as lower-paid warehouse workforce.
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Contd.
According to Kelly-Rae the hiring process of amazon itself is a biased process
In February 2021, a lawsuit was filed against amazon for maintaining a pattern of hiring black employees at a lower level
Charlotte Newman, senior manager at Amazon Web services urges to change policy in the hiring process in 2016, but it has never been implemented
Vox has interviewed a dozen of former and current Amazon employees, the interview revealed that the company marginalizes people according to their color. According to Kelly-Rae the hiring process of amazon itself is a biased process. Moreover, she has also disclosed amazon level employees according to their color, not their quality or experience. In February 2021, a lawsuit was filed against amazon for maintaining a pattern of hiring black employees at a lower level. Charlotte Newman, senior manager at Amazon Web services urges to change policy in the hiring process in 2016, but it has never been implemented. Kelly Rate left amazon in September 2020. She also added the racial discrimination in the company will only be possible if it begins at the top level.
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Similar unethical incidents
A candidate cannot be judged based on gender, community, religion, and race
The selected case study has shown that Amazon has completely gone against corporate ethics as they treat differently to black employees
Similar observations were also found in other companies
According to the company's ethics recruitment process should be unbiased. A candidate cannot be judged based on gender, community, religion, and race. However, the selected case study has shown that Amazon has completely gone against corporate ethics as they treat differently to black employees. Similar observations were also found in other companies.
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Contd.
Two black Americans bring allegations to Facebook for not selecting their job application which was applied from social media
Company has a specific pattern and practice of discriminating against employees against their color
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