Hrm 599 Week 6 Assignment 3 Beautyism In The Workplace

Beautysm in the WorkplaceUniversity AffiliationStudent’s NameDate Define “beautyism” and its potential discriminatory effects on hiring in the workplaceBeautysm is a widely used term in recruitment, (Truss, C., & Mankin, D., 2012). Studies done by psychologists have shown that beauty can influence decision making in hiring process. Beautysm therefore refer to a widely held assumption that physical appearance prevails over knowledge in hiring process. A bias in beauty leads to the notion of awarding the most attractive people in the social life. The idea has always been an accepted principle over a longtime. However, there has a drastic decline in the beauty standards since the past.The extend and types of discrimination are varied in the modern society. Discrimination can take a form of color, race, age, gender and tribal. However, a major challenging form of discrimination faces the human resource managers. This type of discrimination is referred to as beautyism. It is a cause of modern employment problems. There is no scientific prove of the connection between the beauty and brains. Similarly, no legislation has ever been passed to bar favor based on attractiveness, in hiring process since it is hard to define