Talk:Social equity

Merge to social equality

Seem a no-brainer, given the overlap and quality of the articleApothecia (talk) 06:30, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Disambig

Instead of having multiple definitions on the same page, the disambig feature should be used so that the "social-value" definition and "social-equality" definitions of "social-equity" are on different pages, because they are fundamentally orthogonal concepts. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.95.100.28 (talk) 23:15, 11 April 2017 (UTC)

Convergys corp.

I've removed the lengthy part on the Convergys lawsuit (below). It seems disproportionate to the overall topic. If this text belongs anywhere, the article Religious discrimination would probably be a better choice.

Convergys

On March 3, 2012, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a Title VII discrimination case against Convergys in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. EEOC v. Covergys Corp., (E.D. Mo. 2011).

Convergys placed an advertisement stating that applicants for a customer service position should be able to work a flexible work schedule and overtime. A Jewish applicant informed the company’s recruiter during an interview that he would not be able to work on the Jewish Sabbath. The recruiter allegedly responded that if applicant could not work Saturdays, the interview was over. The complaint alleged that the company violated the law by refusing to hire the Jewish applicant or other employees based on their refusal to work on Saturdays because of their religious beliefs. The EEOC sought, among other things, injunctive relief to enjoin Convergys from refusing to hire on the basis of religion and denying reasonable religious accommodations to its employees. The EEOC claimed that given the large size of the call center (approximately 500 employees), it would not be impossible to give an employee an alternative work schedule. According to the EEOC, the company violated Title VII by refusing to hire the applicant without even discussing possible accommodations for his religion.

Convergys settled the case by agreeing to pay $15,000 and entering into a two-year consent decree which obligates the company to make sure that its recruiters are trained on religious discrimination. The company must also provide a notice to all future applicants that accommodations may be available for their religious beliefs.

In June 2012, the EEOC filed another religious discrimination complaint against Voss Electric Co. d/b/a Voss Lighting In this case, one of the company’s supervisors listed an employment opportunity for Voss on the Internet board of the First Baptist Church of Broken Arrow. An applicant who heard of the opening through a client who was a member of the church applied for the job. After a successful first interview, the applicant’s name was passed on to the branch manager who communicated with the applicant at length about his religious affiliations and ties to First Baptist Church of Broken Arrow. The branch manager asked the applicant to identify every church he recently attended, where and when the applicant was “saved,” and whether the applicant was willing to come into work early to attend Bible study. The branch manager openly disapproved of the applicant’s (negative) answers, and the position was not offered to him.

As the open position involved no religious duties whatsoever, the EEOC believed that the job was not offered because of the applicant’s religious beliefs and found the company’s decision not to hire the qualified applicant discriminatory. The EEOC is therefore seeking to enjoin the company from refusing to hire on the basis of religion and denying reasonable religious accommodations in addition to monetary damages.

—Sangdeboeuf (talk) 17:23, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

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Equity in sustainability

I've noticed the equity in sustainability is a little lack luster, I've included an article by Sharon Beder who clearly defines the concept of equity in sustainability if you feel like its appropriate.

I also feel it would be appropriate to give an idea of what the other ideas of social equity could be since you have mentioned it.

Adding a see also link to various sustainability or social articles might be helpful for those who want to know how social equity fits into the bigger picture.

I was thinking we could also add a section of equity in social class and health detailing free health care and poverty.

I also feel as though the last sentence to sustainable development could use some work. "Social equity is the least defined and least understood element of the triad that is sustainable development yet is integral in creating sustainability - balancing economic, environmental and social equity" the sentence could needs a citation and could be worded better by having a more even flow

WingRiddenAngel (talk) 08:23, 16 October 2017 (UTC)

http://www.herinst.org/sbeder/esd/equity.html#.WeRc6WiPJaS

Edits for social equity article

-For these subsections, can you include references alongside for other people to see where the information came from and if it is credible.

-For example, you say "Since the 1960s, the concept of social equity has been used in a variety of institutional contexts, including education and public administration” but where did this fact come from?

-I think to make this stronger, there needs to be more in-depth detail about Aristotle and Plato in the overview.

-I would mention something about discrimination and how it affects social equity.

-A brief overview of the subsections of gender and sexuality, race and religion should be added in the overview.

-I would add in the public admin. how it is today as well as back then. I think adding something about todays public admin. would help strengthen this section.

-When do you say "recent",can you elaborate on the time period.

- In the race section, where did you get the information from? A source needs to be added for credibility.

-If you are going to talk about a specific example for the religion section, can you specificity the time period.

- For the section of sustainable development, there needs to be a citation.

- The link "Race and Social Equity: A Nervous Area of Government" is credible because it comes from a published book.

- Both the "National Academy of Public Administration" and "Jump up to: a b http://bss.sfsu.edu/naff/PA_752/Frederickson.pdf" are not available.

-There is no biased opinions here therefor, the article is neutral because there is no opinion taken.

-The ideas for the subsections are all good because they all relate to the topic of social justice.

-Overall to make this stronger, there needs to be citations cited and specific time periods as well as examples from today. DeannaT8 (talk) 04:34, 17 October 2017 (UTC)deannat8

Equity vs equality

I still don’t understand the difference! -Wwallacee (talk) 16:56, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

Equality is treating everyone the same. Equity is treating them differently taking into consideration their situation as to achieve the same result, as some require more opportunity / resources to achieve the same result. See https://unitedwaynca.org/blog/equity-vs-equality/ Eni2dad (talk) 13:59, 18 March 2022 (UTC)

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