Imagine being discriminated because of something beyond your control. This type of discrimination is called genetic discrimination which is when one is discriminated and or treated differently by their employment or insurance company because of their genetic makeup (National Institutes of Health). The phobia of genetic discrimination is gripping many people around the world. People find themselves asking, “Could my genetic makeup raise my health bills? Could this cause me to be rejected from a career opportunity?” Because of genetic discrimination, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act was created. The purpose of this act is to protect Americans from being treated unfairly because of differences in their DNA that may affect their health. Although this law was created, genetic discrimination still happens today. Genetic discrimination may exist for potential reasons but it is still inequitable and wrong due to its negative effect on society and the great harm it can cause.
Various people are treated wrongly and unequal due to the information of the differences in their DNA. Inequality among humans is a dangerous aspect of society. For centuries it has been fueled by arrogance and hatred. Michael Kirby, a former Australian jurist, states that the “great dangers from adverse discrimination lie principally in the context of social arrangements which may be affected by knowledge about an individual’s genetic makeup.” Genetic discrimination does not only affect the individual; it affects their family and friends too because “employers can also use DNA information to decide whether to hire or fire workers” (National Human Genome Institute). If the employer decides to not hire the individual, he or she will not be able to provide...
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Did you imagine being discriminated because of your genetic makeup? How did it make you feel? Did it make you feel bad about yourself? Imagine how the people who get discriminated feel. Genetic discrimination exists because employers choose to use one’s inherited information against an employee. An individual’s genetic information is beyond his or her control. There is nothing he or she can do about it and it is not right for them to be discriminated because of it. Genetic information should not lower chances at a job opportunity because it does not determine a person’s skill. Overall, genetic discrimination should be banned. There is no purpose of discriminating because of genetic information; the only outcomes come out negative.
The concept of discrimination is complex in the case of “The Big One” in this case, corporations in the United States of America such as Nike, Spalding, Microsoft and AT&T are not willing to change their ways of manufacturing their goods in third world countries and American detention centres, and this causes perfectly able bodied employees in the United States to become unemployed as more and more companies apply this measure to make additional profit for themsel...
In order to prove the existence of purposeful discrimination, McCleskey must first demonstrate that he belonged to a group “that is a recognizable, distinct class, singled out for different treatment” (McCleskey v. Kemp 318). Here, McCleskey relied on the Baldus study,...
Many face discriminations because of their race and gender. Some may not be aware of it, but it might be present when applying for a job and in their wages. People of color are more likely to either be unemployed, getting paid less, or being in a position that requires fewer skills. Many studies have proved that race can determine if an applicant will get the job or not. White males are more likely to get hired because they possess two advantages: being white and being a male. What triumphs these two traits is technology. Many big corporations have gotten rid of their human employees to replace them with machines that could do their jobs better while saving the employer more money. It 's approximated that by 2025, one-fourth of the jobs will be replaced by technology because digital utilization will be used more and more often. Employees have to deal with unfair treatment in their workplace. Not only that, but some face other difficulties outside of their jobs. Money, food, shelter, and health are at risk when having to handle their managers and obeying their rules. Sometimes managers interfere with their employee 's productivity by making them do "busy work" or undertake pointless tasks, making the employees ' working experience miserable or even the customers because some of them might be rude. The issues that need to be addressed more often are the ones that involve being replaced by technology in the workplace, sex
A few months ago I watched a movie called Gattaca, which dealt with the issue of genetic discrimination in the near future. In the movie, people were separated into two classes, those that were genetically screened and positively altered before birth and the class that was unaltered. The separate classes had stark divisions, from what jobs that you were able to apply for to where you could eat. Security was aimed at keeping unaltered people away from the enhanced people. Knowledge about who and what you are was done by "instant" genetic genotyping that tells anyone everything that they want to know about a person’s genome from a small sample of blood or a hair strand. The hero of the movie "cheats" the system and achieves his dream of space flight with the help of a crippled genetically altered man, using his hair and blood samples.
Even though the negative side can’t be ignored it can definitely be escaped by working together and helping people feel aware and comfortable with it. When people start to realise that it is a great benefit to society, the economy and themselves discrimination can be eradicated and Genomics can grow.
With these new boundaries formed, eugenicists began their own “testing”, classifying people as either superior or inferior based on the size of their pocket book or their social connections. Families across the country rushed to be tested and deemed genetically fit, or otherwise...
Before entering into a discussion of genetics and politics, a few scientific definitions are essential to fully understand the arguments which will be presented. First, genetic engineering is the manipulation of heredity or the hereditary material; its goal is to "replace the activity of a defective gene by activating a dormant gene which has a similar function" (Suzuki & Knudtson, 135). There are two types of cells involved when discussing genetic engineering, somatic cells and germ-line cells. The first, somatic cells, are also known as "body" cells for they are short-lived and bounded by the life span of the individual patient. These "body" cells are not used in reproduction, and therefore not considered eugenic. For clarification purposes, eugenic is the "science which deals with all the influences tat improve and develop the inborn qualities of a race to the utmost advantage" (Suzuki & Knudtson, 213). The second type of cell associated with genetic engineering is the germ-line cell. Germ-line cells, also known as the reproductive cells, are passed on through the reproductive cycles. Since this type of cell has the ability to permanently alter a specific char...
The Human Genome Project is the largest scientific endeavor undertaken since the Manhattan Project, and, as with the Manhattan Project, the completion of the Human Genome Project has brought to surface many moral and ethical issues concerning the use of the knowledge gained from the project. Although genetic tests for certain diseases have been available for 15 years (Ridley, 1999), the completion of the Human Genome Project will certainly lead to an exponential increase in the number of genetic tests available. Therefore, before genetic testing becomes a routine part of a visit to a doctor's office, the two main questions at the heart of the controversy surrounding genetic testing must be addressed: When should genetic testing be used? And who should have access to the results of genetic tests? As I intend to show, genetic tests should only be used for treatable diseases, and individuals should have the freedom to decide who has access to their test results.
Many things are changing at an extremely rapid rate in our society. The new advances in the areas of science and biotechnology are raising many ethical and moral dilemmas for everyone. No one will be left unaffected. Everyone will have to make a decision and take a stand on these issues. I will discuss advancements of genetic screening and testing. The first step to any ethical problem is to understand the topic. It is difficult to formulate accurate ideas without knowledge about the topic, so first I will provide a little background information on genetic screening. I will then point out some of the areas of controversy associated with genetic screening, and finally I will discuss my view on the topic.
Inequality and prejudice has been around for as long as the country has been founded. Beginning as a social construct, arbitrary differences, be it sexual orientation, age, and or handicapped status, have been pointed out and discriminated against. Many advocate for stricter guidelines to be placed on new laws that might seem offense and or discriminatory. This is referred to as Strict Scrutiny and it is deemed as a necessity by some in order to remain a progressive society. This means that before a law can be made it must undergo carefully inspection by the Supreme Court. (180-181) I believe that this argument does have merit and should be the standard for these types of laws, as well as in general.
In today’s world, people are learning a great deal in the rapidly growing and developing fields of science and technology. Almost every day, an individual can see or hear about new discoveries and advances in these fields of study. One science that is rapidly progressing is genetic testing; a valuable science that promotes prevention efforts for genetically susceptible people and provides new strategies for disease management. Unnaturally, and morally wrong, genetic testing is a controversial science that manipulates human ethics. Although genetic testing has enormous advantages, the uncertainties of genetic testing will depreciate our quality of life, and thereby result in psychological burden, discrimination, and abortion.
Introduction- Discrimination affects people all over the world. People of all ethnicities and from all different walks of life are influenced in some way by workplace discrimination. "Discrimination" means unequal treatment. One of the most common elements discriminated against is a persons ethnicity, or their race. This is called Racial Discrimination. While there are many federal laws concerning discrimination, most states have enacted laws that prohibit it. These laws may have different remedies than the federal laws and may, in certain circumstances be more favorable than the federal laws.
Discrimination is known to exist in all workplaces, sometimes it is too subtle to notice, and other times it is exceedingly obvious. It is known that everyone subconsciously discriminates, dependant on their own beliefs and environments that surround them. However, discrimination can be either positive or negative in their results, and sometimes discrimination is a necessary part of life.
In recent years, medical advances have enabled doctors to access our genetic code so that people may be aware as to what diseases they are most likely to be diagnosed with in the future. This is based on a person’s family genetic history which makes it easier to confirm from someone’s genetic code, when the doctors have data to compare results to. Meaning, if a patient’s grandmother had heart disease they would be susceptible to heart disease as well since genetics are passed down from generation to generation. Some employers have taken to getting potential employees tested for this reason. “Every person has dozens of DNA differences” making genetic discrimination slightly hypocritical, due to the possibility that someone who is being insulted could share a close genetic code with the person doing the discrimination (Genetic Information N). Although genetic testing can give valuable information about a person’s health condition, employers shouldn’t consider a possible employee’s genetic information as a viable excuse to not hire them because not only is genetic information based on other people’s results and it doesn’t insure that a person has, or will have, a given condition, but they won’t even consider an employee’s skill set or potential after they learn of the results.
Work plays an important role in our daily life, it is considered much more huge part of our personal life. During our daily work we make many relationships throughout our career history. Sometimes these relationships become lasting, and sometimes employment discrimination might happen. This relationships that we thought it last could be cut off by the devastation of claims of discriminatory treatment. Discrimination in the workforce has been an issue since the first people of workers in United States in the present day and as well in the past. Some employees were subjected to a harsh working conditions, verbal abuse, denial of advancement,, and many other injustices. There was also the fact that certain employees were being treated differently than other employees.