I shall not discriminate against any person, including offenders, other staff persons, or the public, in any manner on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, gender, sexual orientation or gender identity, physical or mental disability.
I thought it was interesting (and perhaps correct, given everything we discussed in our earlier classes) that they mentioned sex, gender, sexual orientation, and gender identity. I think it says a lot about equality/ethics that they are urging others to be accepting of all of these "categories".
You have a good point. I feel that more and more work places now list all of these different 'categories' in their code of ethics. Within the last maybe 10- 20 years maybe? I know I have heard my grandparents talk about things like this when they were filling out paper work for new jobs. They would comment on how when they were teenagers/ young adults these 'categories' only consisted of things like race, gender religion... 'the basics'. The fact that we have all of these today really does say so much about how far our society has come!
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with you - the fact that these categories and considerations now exist says a lot about how far we have come in the last few decades. It shows that discussions about sex, gender, sexual orientation, and gender identity have made a definite impact on today's society (consider this class, for instance - would such a class exist 20 years ago?).
DeleteAnother example of this is the change in picking a gender on a lot of applications, when picking a flight, when signing in at a doctor's office, etc. Growing up there was always a male and female box to check. Recently, I've noticed there is almost always an option for this and for race to select that you do not wish to share this information. Although it is not as detailed as the above example it demonstrates how much emphasis we place on these things and how certain aspects of society are now realizing it may not be as important as we once thought whether an individual applying for a job is male or female, for example.
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