Any existing society conforms to beliefs that influence how they perceive information. The culture of a society is the way of life by which its members abide hence affecting how they interpret and react to new information regarding what they already believe in, including culture, religion, political affiliations, or economic practices that are normal to society.<\/p>\n
\u201cTwenty-Two, Not About You\u201d was my motto when I turned twenty-two years old. I knew for my birthday I wanted to go on a mission trip to Jamaica. Spiritually, I knew my purpose was to serve and become a humanitarian. During my mission trip, I was able to teach in the local Boscabel housing scheme as well as conduct business development in Saint Mary\u2019s Parish for Libra Sweets. Libra Sweets was a local peanut brittle company. My mission was to write a government grant to help production, marketing, and pay workers. Of the seven workers at Libra Sweets, all were family and only two were women. The owner paid women $2 an hour and men $6 an hour. The experience was unique and on video I was able to capture only the women working. I never marketed the company negatively having this information but it created a bias for me.<\/p>\n
To me, there wasn\u2019t equality. However, to the owner, the workers didn\u2019t deserve more because the were fed, we\u2019re family, or lived with him. Nobody\u2019s wage was the same. When he told me the truth about the company, he took me to another room to write down the numbers. <\/p>\n
I thought this was the only business operating this way until I found out, it\u2019s the way of life. In America, a woman would legally fight this battle, but most women in Jamaican know and accept it. There\u2019s not much of a fight. This is realized my status quo bias. Status quo bias is defined as the preference for maintaining one’s current situation and opposing actions that may change the state of affairs.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/jamaica-gleaner.com\/article\/business\/20151209\/jamaica-pay-gap-worsens-women-earn-60-male-salary<\/p>\n
Women in Jamaica earn 60 per cent of their male counterparts’ pay, which, alongside other disparities, has contributed to the country’s fall in the rankings to 65 in the Global Gender Gap Report 2015.
For every $100 made by a man in Jamaica, a woman earns around $60 on average. The gender pay gap is complicated in both its causes and its wide-reaching effects on society. The solutions are just as nuanced. But organizations interested in reducing their own gender pay gap can begin by implementing\u00a0design changes proven to counteract the pay gap\u00a0and the structures that reinforce it. The following four steps represent the type of design changes that can be described as behavioral architecture. They are\u00a0design solutions to a very human problem.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.tidalequality.com\/blog\/the-status-quo-is-costing-you<\/p>\n
Status-Quo Bias People tend to be apprehensive of change, which often leads us to make choices that guarantee that things remain the same, or change as little as possible. Needless to say, this has ramifications in everything from politics to economics.<\/p>\n
Class action law suit <\/p>\n
This case serves as a reminder that\u00a0it is not enough for an organization to claim gender equality or diversity commitments, they need to follow through. The gender pay gap is complicated in both its causes and its wide-reaching effects on society. The solutions are just as nuanced. But organizations interested in reducing their own gender pay gap can begin by implementing\u00a0design changes proven to counteract the pay gap\u00a0and the structures that reinforce it. The following four steps represent the type of design changes that can be described as behavioural architecture. They are\u00a0design solutions to a very human problem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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