A Self Fullfilling Prophecy? Discriminatory Business Practices or Governmental Victims in an Analysis of Eeoc Claims and Their Causal Factors

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has reported that discrimination claims have continued to rise even though companies are spending more time, effort, and resources in training their employees to be sensitive to discriminatory behaviors. Managers are required to sign codes of conduct they will not tolerate discrimination in any form as part of their employment. Human Resource professionals are classically trained to prevent discrimination practices form occurring in the work environment. Given the statistics from the government one would believe that businesses have failed in their attempts to address discrimination in the workplace. This research was conducted to analyze the government’s reporting on discrimination claims through the EEOC. Ana analysis of each category was conducted. Findings show that claims filed may not be valid or even have any merit for filing. This is a Self Fulfilling Prophecy the EEOC has created to perpetuate themselves and their own importance.