MG 530 – Corporate Social responsibility – 2010

Physical appearance based employment practices: unfair or discriminatory?

PEUPIER Laura
Student ID : 20070475 Words number : 2 198

Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 3 I – Overall situation of employment discrimination based on physical appearance .............................. 4 1 – What is physical appearance? ....................................................................................................... 4 A – Meaning of physical features .................................................................................................... 4 B – Meaning of physical attractiveness ........................................................................................... 4 2 – What is discrimination? ................................................................................................................. 4 3 – Physical appearance and discrimination in the Labor Market ...................................................... 4 A - Relevant laws ............................................................................................................................. 4 B – Economical treatment of this issue ........................................................................................... 5 4 –The employment practices based on physical appearance ........................................................... 5 A – Discrimination in the hiring process and appearance ............................................................... 5 B – Appearance and career progression ......................................................................................... 6 II – Issues of employment practices based on physical features ............................................................ 7 1 – Appearance based employment practices in