Many organizations have failed to define what is ethically acceptable when it comes to physical appearance. The goals of an organization are not bound by how attractive the employees are. However, some organizations’ nature dictates that employees be good-looking, as in modeling, where four out of five employees are beautiful (Klein & Shtudiner 2021). In most countries, discriminating against an individual based on beauty is not illegal. When analyzing each employee’s productivity, it is evident that beautiful employees perform poorly since their focus is on beautification and show-offs rather than working towards the company’s mission. With this kind of productivity scenario, it is clear that appearance does not affect an organization’s daily activities. Therefore, an employer should not be permitted by law to discriminate against persons who are not attractive.
While some organizations tend to hire beautiful job seekers, it is of no value to its general profitability. Salaries for good appearing employees are slightly elevated, and their promotions are rapid compared to those who are not beautiful (Luo, Rossion & Dzhelyova 2019). When analyzing this trend, the organization focuses on appearance rather than performance, leading to an incompetent team. Therefore, 50% of the problems faced in a diversified group’s team performance usually originate from the recruitment stage, whereby human resource managers tend to be biased when recruiting (Klein & Shtudiner 2021). Research indicates that the productivity of an organization has an infinitesimal or no direct relation with employees’ external appearance
Physical appearance discrimination can be legal but will never be ethical. According to Klein & Shtudiner (2021), employees who are considered ugly are paid 5% to 10% less than those relatively beautiful. Employees who have an outstanding appearance have a salary that is 10% higher than the intermediate class.
Nevertheless, modeling, media, and clothing companies require good-looking employees. It is based on the fact that beautiful employees sell their products. However, it is wrong to say that jobs for ugly souls are different from those who appear physically fit. From the statistics, it is clear that paying employees by their appearance is inhumane and should never be endorsed in society or any organization.
References
Luo, Q., Rossion, B., & Dzhelyova, M. (2019). A robust implicit measure of facial attractiveness discrimination. Social cognitive and affective neuroscience, 14(7), 737-746.
Klein, G., & Shtudiner, Z. (2021). Judging severity of unethical workplace behavior: Attractiveness and gender as status characteristics.BRQ Business Research Quarterly, 24(1), 19-33.