September 11, 2005
Hiring Diversity
The legislature has taken a number of measures in order to limit discrimination in the workplace. While the statutes it has enacted do work towards a more diverse workplace with more equal opportunities for people to be hired, it is inappropriate for a free economy. While it might be unethical or immoral to discriminate in hiring procedures, it is the right of companies as entities not owned by the state to utilize the methods of hiring that they see fit. Perhaps a company feels diversity would make employee interaction more difficult and present an increased threat for conflict within the company. A company might also discriminate for unreasonable reasons. The decision in hiring within a company should be the isolated decision of the company. One would hope that a company would be able to and would choose to hire the person that is the best fit for the job they need to fill, but it is against the format of a free economy to regulate businesses to such a degree. The punishment a company should face for discriminating in their hiring process, is that they might miss out on employees that would contribute greatly to their company, not fines and lawsuits mandated by the government.