Inequities at Acme Manufacturing
| Assignment Two Salary Inequities at ACME Manufacturing |
Human Resource Management |
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The case study of Salary Inequality within the Acme Corporation is all too common in our workforce. The issue is of a “Pay Gap” exists in economies around the world. According to our text, “In the U.S. women earn only about 77% as much as men.” (Dessler, 380) Even with similar educations and backgrounds women are often paid less. An example in our text is of new female doctors that earn $17,000 less than their male counterparts. (Dessler, 381) Why does this happen? Why are there such pay discrepancies in comparable jobs? In the case of the Acme Corporation, there was one main reason. The new executive of the company Mr. Black noticed the problem not long after he became the President. After inquiry, he came to understand that the main reason was the sexist view of the former President, George. The H.R. Director told him that George believed that women didn’t need to be paid as much because they had hardworking husbands. A separate, personal view of the H.R. Director was that the female supervisors directed less-skilled employees than those of the male supervisors within the company. She believed this was the reason for the salary inequities. Mr. Black was not sure of this so he hired an outside company to study the situation and give their recommendations. Their results concluded that out of 25 supervisors, the H.R. Director and three female supervisors were underpaid.
Question 1: “What would you do if you were Black?”
There are four options for Mr. Black to take: 1. Do nothing 2. Increase the
Human Resource Management |
|
The case study of Salary Inequality within the Acme Corporation is all too common in our workforce. The issue is of a “Pay Gap” exists in economies around the world. According to our text, “In the U.S. women earn only about 77% as much as men.” (Dessler, 380) Even with similar educations and backgrounds women are often paid less. An example in our text is of new female doctors that earn $17,000 less than their male counterparts. (Dessler, 381) Why does this happen? Why are there such pay discrepancies in comparable jobs? In the case of the Acme Corporation, there was one main reason. The new executive of the company Mr. Black noticed the problem not long after he became the President. After inquiry, he came to understand that the main reason was the sexist view of the former President, George. The H.R. Director told him that George believed that women didn’t need to be paid as much because they had hardworking husbands. A separate, personal view of the H.R. Director was that the female supervisors directed less-skilled employees than those of the male supervisors within the company. She believed this was the reason for the salary inequities. Mr. Black was not sure of this so he hired an outside company to study the situation and give their recommendations. Their results concluded that out of 25 supervisors, the H.R. Director and three female supervisors were underpaid.
Question 1: “What would you do if you were Black?”
There are four options for Mr. Black to take: 1. Do nothing 2. Increase the