Proposal for Discrimination at The Workplaces Research Paper In many organizations, a formal research proposal is a necessary precursor to a full-length report. A research proposal is intended to help you:
Find and articulate a problem that can be addressed with research (a problem as it exists for an actual group, company, or organization)
Develop patterns of inquiry with suitable research questions and methods
Discover your strengths and weaknesses as a writer and researcher, so you can assign roles to budget your time and energy, and realistically manage your project expectations
Formally plan your project’s life cycle for collaborating, drafting, sharing findings, getting feedback, revising and editing
Proposing a research report is a problem-solving activity. The research proposal is not meant to propose a final “answer” to a problem. Instead, it is a “promise” to someone (your audience) that you have a plan to perform useful research and writing about a problem and its potential solutions.
“Discovering” a problem to research can be a challenge for this project. Problems affecting Ivy Tech or your community are often good places to start, as well as problems related to the use or development of a technology affecting our fields, our institutions, or workplaces. Possible topics are also listed below.
For this Proposal Project, please compose a 2-3-page single-spaced document written in memo format. The proposal should identify a realistic problem and attempt to solve it with substantive research incorporated throughout. Provide a tentative plan for scholarly study and include a request for approval/action. You must use the ATTACHED TEMPLATE to write the proposal.
The proposal should contain the following sections:
Introduction — purpose of report, goals of the research project, background on the problem. Include any research cited in APA.
Statement of Problem — preliminary research should be cited here in APA format to explain need for research
Proposed Solution — provide at least one (1) potential solution
Scope — research topics/questions
Methods — how will the research be conducted; be specific (see template)
Qualifications — how is the student qualified to study this topic?
Limitations — what are the obstacles to the project?
Conclusion — request for approval
You will need an APA style references page submitted with your proposal. You should demonstrate research literacy by including five (5) secondary sources. You will find these sources prior to drafting the proposal when you complete the Annotated Bibliography (see separate instruction sheet). These sources must be cited in-text and on the references pages in APA format. Author’s Last Name 1
MEMORANDUM
To: audience; recipient; stakeholders
From: Author’s Name
Date: Month (written out) Day, Year
RE: Proposal for XXX
Introduction
The introduction section states the purpose of the report and goals of the proposed research
project. The topic must be a potential workplace problem identified in the areas of business, IT,
or healthcare, and should not be specific to a single business but offer a broader perspective.
Students will give background information on the topic that summarizes and defines the main
issues for a reader. For example: Is there longevity with this potential problem, or is this a new
phenomenon in a certain career field?
When any facts are provided, an in-text citation in APA format must be used. Students cannot
generically guess at issues; students must find, use, and cite credible, professional sources that
support their beliefs about the issue. This section will be a few well-developed paragraphs.
Avoid opinion and 1st person narrative.
Statement of Problem
This section briefly explains the potential problem and should include initial research to explain
the need for the further, more in-depth research (for example a needs assessment or SWOT1
analysis could be used). This section needs to clearly state what the potential problem is. This
section should address what concerns/issues may be facing this topic in general.
The statement of problem tells more about the potential problem/issue. Which stakeholders are
affected? How does it affect those people? What are some stats on this demographic-median
age, income, educational level (if applicable)? Are any of these issues a problem that could
affect stakeholders locally, regionally, nationally, and/or globally? How so? Are there new
policies or events that will be in effect or happen in the next two to five years, such as an election
year, new health care plan, law, or world event that will affect this topic? This section will be a
few well-developed paragraphs.
When any facts are provided, an in-text citation in APA format must be used. Students cannot
generically guess at issues; students must find, use, and cite credible, professional sources that
support their ideas about the topic. Avoid opinion and 1st person narrative.
Proposed Solution
Based on the background and initial research of the aforementioned problem, the author will
present one viable potential solution that could be further researched. This solution should be
general in nature; students will not have done enough research at this point to provide detailed
and pointed solutions. In this section, could, may, might is acceptable language as the solution
has not been solidified or researched in full.
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Strength/Weakness/Opportunities/Threat analysis
Author’s Last Name 2
This section will vary in length depending on the student’s use of sources.
Scope
Students should introduce the topic and then provide a list of potential research questions. Some
information may be repeated (not word for word). Research questions generally answer how or
why instead of what. “Yes/No” questions are to be avoided.
● What are the overarching questions this research will answer?
● What question does the student want to ask and answer through the research?
● An author should not limit his/her research by writing scope questions that are too
specific or too narrow.
For example, a scope question could be, “How is social media being used to market ABC
Business?” instead of, “Does ABC Business have a Facebook page?”
Methods
This section explains how students will find answers to the aforementioned research questions.
Students will state what type of research will be done if the proposal were to be accepted and
why these sources will be helpful in researching the topic. For example, if a student were
researching a medical topic, he or she would discuss the use of medical journals, medical studies,
credible medical websites, etc. or directly name those resources.
Primary research such as interviews requires IRB approval. You MUST consult your instructor if
you are thinking of using any primary research. Secondary research such as journal articles,
books, and credible websites are appropriate for this assignment.
Students should NOT generically state, “I will search Google and DU databases.” Instead, an
author should state, “The New England Journal of Medicine will be helpful in evaluating current
effects of the topic.”
Qualifications
This section provides proof that the student is qualified to research/provide feedback on this
topic. Qualifications should be related to the student’s professional experience, education, or
volunteer work.
Does the student already work in this field? Does the student have a personal history with the
topic? Has the student taken specific coursework related to this topic? For example, if the topic
were local election fraud, the student could list being a political science major and working at the
county clerk’s office as an intern for the last three years as qualifications.
Limitations
What foreseeable obstacles or limitations for this project are of concern to the author? Time
limitations? Lack of current research? This section will most likely be a short section. Do not
include limitations from personal issues.
Author’s Last Name 3
Conclusion
This section should wrap-up the proposal like any essay or paper and should be a full paragraph
of five to eight sentences (minimum).
There should also be a request for approval, too, as if you were really going to complete the
objectives of this proposal. For example, something like, “With your approval, I will begin
research at once.”
Author’s Last Name 4
References
All entries should be in alphabetical order. URLs should be listed without a hyperlink or be
followed by a period.
Interviews and personal communications (primary research – seek instructor approval) are not
listed in the reference page. Instead they are cited in text: (First initial. Last name,
personal communication, month day, year).
The reference section starts on a new page. References should be double spaced and have a
hanging indent.
This section should include at least five (5) credible sources – preferably the ones from your
Annotated Bibliography, though it is fine if your sources change during the drafting
process. Please be sure you are appropriately citing sources.
Those references that do not end with a URL will use a period as end punctuation.
Discrimination in the Workplace
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Annotated Bibliography – Discrimination in the Workplace
Ethan Weinberger
Ivy Tech Community College
Discrimination in the Workplace
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Doyle, A. (2019, November 18). Types of Employment Discrimination.
Retrieved from https://www.thebalancecareers.com/types-of-employmentdiscrimination-with-examples-2060914.
The definition of workplace discrimination is clearly defined in this source. It goes on to
explain the difference between employment and harassment as well. Real life examples of
workplace discrimination are given alongside the percentages of charges filed due to these
issues. This source allows you to put the issue into your own perspective. Also, the legislation
issues in government are explained.
I plan to use this source in order to describe the true meaning of workplace
discrimination. People can easily get this confused with harassment, which is another big issue in
the workplace. There is a good chart on this source that shows the most common types of
discrimination in the workplace. This can be used to elaborate how some types may occur more
than others. This is a website for career paths and finding jobs, however it has this section on
discrimination because of its relatability.
Midwest New Media. (n.d.). Workplace Fairness.
Retrieved from https://www.workplacefairness.org/proving-employmentdiscrimination.
This article on workplace fairness provides necessary information on what is needed to
prove workplace discrimination. It refers to direct evidence and circumstantial evidence. It also
goes on to explain what you need to do if the discrimination which you file for is denied. Coverups and other tactics are commonly used in order to deny discrimination. This source provides all
the answers to these scenarios.
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I plan to incorporate this source into my proposal by stating the effects of filing a
discrimination report. There are many things that can happen after this, and it should be known
how to handle these situations. It is very rare for someone to admit to discrimination, which is
why the content in this article is very important to be understood. This information can be placed
in a section about the post-filing of a report in my proposal.
U.S. Equal Employment Opportuniy Commission
Retrieved from https://www.eeoc.gov/index.cfm.
This source is from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission website, where
it lists all of the possible types of discrimination that can be filed for a charge. There are multiple
types of discrimination including age, disability, race, religion, sex, and much more. Each one of
these can be filed for discrimination with different standards necessary in order to file it
correctly. The website allows you to click on any type of discrimination and read what it is
considered in depth, the different examples of the specific discrimination, and the time limits in
order to file a report. The laws, regulations, and guidance are also available for people in need of
this information.
This is a credible source as it is a government website. It includes all of the United States
laws on discrimination. This will be a good source for my proposal as I can recite the exact laws
on workplace discrimination. I will use this source in order to provide examples of different
types of discrimination that can occur in a workplace.
WriterKatie, K. Y. M., Yahnke, K., & Katie. (n.d.). Discrimination in the Workplace:
What You Need to Know. Retrieved from https://isight.com/resources/discrimination-in-the-workplace-guide/.
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This website gives and overview of the types of discrimination that may be present in the
workplace along with the legal laws to go with it. However, unlike the other sources this website
provides ways to respond to discrimination complaints from the other end. This can be very
important for business owners. The website also gives tips for preventing a situation involving
some type of discrimination to occur. This can be useful for both business owners and
employees.
I plan to incorporate this source when making my counter argument. This website gives a
perspective that should be used from one getting a charge filed against them. One that owns a
business may need to know how to handle a situation if one of their employees gets accused for
discrimination, or if they do themselves. This article gives good information to back up the side
of the discriminator, which would provide good content for my proposal.
Your Rights Against Workplace Discrimination & Harassment. (n.d.).
Retrieved from https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/workplace-rights.
All state laws against discrimination are provided in this source. It allows you to click on
any state and read into their policy. Also, it gives you your personal rights against workplace
discrimination. Every employee has their rights as a human, even at work. These rights must be
learned and understood by all employees.
This source will allow me to explain that every human has equal rights in the workplace.
Some people may forget this, however equality exists through all aspects of life and needs to be
obeyed. Before filing for discrimination, you must know your rights as an employee. This article
does a good job explaining that for anyone with a job, in any state in America.
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