Provacative dress codes, a question of ethics in restaurants?
Sep 9th, 2010 by Laura MacDonald's Blog
It seems that our society has finally begun to criticize the unreasonable demands that employers have of their waitresses in restaurants. According to the article, “Sexy should not be part of mandatory dress code, restaurant association says”, women who work in sports bars and other popular eating places are being forced to adhere to a strict dress code if they wish to keep their jobs. It would be fine if this dress code was appropriate and did not make the employees feel indecent. However, the simple fact is that it is not appropriate.
These restaurant businesses are demonstrating a severe lack of ethics in the area of their employees’ welfare. Having these clothing restrictions on employees is not right. Why must waitresses have to dress in a provocative manner? Is it not enough that they dress with a sense of professionalism and exude an attitude of cheerfulness and helpfulness? The issue here is that the restaurant businesses do not appear to respect their employees’s concerns and therefore overstep society’s view of what is right.