Journal Article

Regulating individual expressions of faith: A balancing act for organizations

Beane, David A., Viswesvaran, Chockalingam

2019

Overview

[...]Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and guidelines from Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on religious nondiscrimination, although helpful to organizations in developing policies, leave many questions unanswered, so much so that it may be one reason why many US organizations either do not have a policy or fail to communicate a clear policy to their employees on religious displays (Borstorff, 2011). [...]adopting this framework will result in a constant negotiation of what is acceptable among the different stakeholders, and the contours of any guideline are likely to be dynamic over time. [...]in a null/zero expressions framework, organizations can adopt a stand where all religious expressions are barred in the workplace. [...]in the last instance, if the interview is for a financial analyst position (located in New York) with a boutique investment firm that has a

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Subject: Baptism / Employees / Faith / Freedom of speech / Philosophy / Religious beliefs / Religious identity / Religious music