Gender Discrimination
Gender Equality
The issue or problem that you want to address in the case that you have selected and providing an impartial presentation of the controversy.
The issue I want to address is gender equality in the workplace. It’s the case of Lilly Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. The controversy of this case is that Lilly Ledbetter worked for Goodyear for nineteen years. During her time with the company she found out that she made less money than her male counter parts. After retiring from the company Lilly sued Goodyear for being paid less than the males that held the same position.
Characterize the economic setting.
The economic system setting during the times when Lilly was in the workforce, the pay equality was up to 30 cents on the dollar less than the male’s counterparts in the same field and education level, Black women earn 5 cents less than that sometimes up to 35 cent less on the dollar.
Examine the laws that affect the operations of the business.
The laws that effected the operations of the business. Title VII’s protections against pay discrimination. This was in place during civil right laws being set in place to stop discrimination of race, sex, and gender. After the Lilly Ledbetter law suite, that she didn’t go her way laws was put in place because, of the treatment she received will working at Goodyear Tire and Rubber. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pat Act of 2009 and the Paycheck Fairness Act. Was created to offer fairness in the workplace for woman.
The moral position that I am taking on this case is that I feel that women with the same pay and education level should be paid the same as their male counterparts. Research states that white women receive 25 cents on the dollar less, black women receive 35 cents less and Hispanic women receive 45 cents less on the dollar the their white male counterparts.
References
Learn Liberty. (2011, August 30). Do women earn less than men?-Learn Liberty [Video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/EwogDPh-Sow.
Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. 550 U.S. 618 (2006). Retrieved from https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/05-1074.ZO.html.