ethical and unethical issue in human resorce

Male Dominated Workplace

There is much concern about why women are not making it to the top of organisations and professions. Equal numbers of men and women are recruited and a reasonable percentage are there at mid to senior levels, but there are few at the top.

When asked why this happens, I say with some confidence that it is about workplace culture. Two years ago a survey was conducted  in a College of  Cambridge. When asked what had been the biggest challenge to their career, 22 per cent of those women said it was combining work and family; 38 per cent cited an unsupportive workplace culture.

This is not all about gender bias, but a lot was summed up by a woman in her mid-30s: “I am surprised by how male-dominated the workplace is, designed by men, for men, with a male culture and set of values.

If you ask women, they can describe the behaviours they find disturbing. Many will say that their voice is not heard, they are interrupted or ignored in meetings.

A questions are raised in selection processes about whether a woman “is tough enough”?

There are the some ways by which we can share the workplace culture:

• We should get 50 per cent women at every level of the organisation and that will solve it.
• reservation should be provided to women so that they can share the workplace easily.
• some relief should be provided to women during selection.
• families does not allow women to work in night shift so organisation need toassure the safety of women during night.

If something wrong is going on with them than they should raise their voice but most of them cannot do why?

 In my experience, many women think it must be something wrong with them, and are mightily relieved that so many others have experienced the same thing.

 I certainly hope that will happen in the long term but it leaves the problem of women’s current experience of the workplace, which often stops them wanting to aim for more senior management and leadership roles.

We need real changes in behaviour.It would be good if men and women could be more aware, for example, about what happens in meetings, making sure they speak up when women are ignored or patronised. There should be more women in the chair, whatever level of the meeting. It is also important that socialising and networking take place in the working day and not in the pub.

None of this change is impossible, though the history of male power in the workplace means that it is not necessarily quick or easy.