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In our modern day society, we believe in the notions of equality; however, gender inequality is still ever-present in workplaces around the globe. In the Globe and Mail article, “Young Women are Earning More Than Their Boyfriends” by Heather Boushey, Boushey discusses how although young women are earning more than young men of the same age because they are more qualified, women continue to be paid less than men of the same capabilities, same education, and same posts.

Of the same age group, women are earning more than men, but only because they are better qualified.
(http://www.financialpost.com/executive/Young+women+earning+more+than+their+boyfriends/3496675/story.html)

The root? Here lies the ethical issue of sexism. The media has tactfully painted a picture that indeed, equality has arrived. Yet unfortunately, the ethical issue does not lie in age comparison, but in a comparison between equally qualified women and men working the same jobs yet receiving differing salaries. Equally skilled men in the workplace continue to be paid better than women as shown in a 12 percent pay gap ten years after graduating from the same college with the same degree.

In Milton Friedman’s article, he discusses how some believe a business does not just function to generate profit, but to be a socially conscience entity as well (1). To set an example.

Although the gap between genders has greatly improved in the last few years, businesses can be the forefront in continuing to narrow it.

(1) “The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase its Profits”, Milton Friedman, The New York Times Magazine, September 13, 1970.

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