Suppose you’re an employer and your clients are racists. Would you work with black people? And most of all: is it legal not to accept an employee based on his race in order to satisfy your customers?
Let’s take a look at what the article written by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has to say about this topic. Is it legal to refuse job candidates in this situation? The article mentions that the law is very clear: this is a form of intentional discrimination. Intentional discrimination is described as: “ when an employment decision is affected by the person's race”. Conclusion: it definitely isn’t legal.In my opinion, this is a rather difficult question, if not an impossible one to answer when you look at it in an economic point of view. Imagine you do hire for example a black person, but consequently you lose your customers… Normally the rule of thumb is that the client is king, but by following this rule, aren’t you a racist as well?
Martijn De Meyer
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