<story><title>U.S. sues Oracle, alleges salary and hiring discrimination</title><url>http://www.reuters.com/article/us-oracle-usa-labor-idUSKBN1522O6?il=0</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>freditup</author><text>That means we so far have:&lt;p&gt;* Palantir sued for not hiring enough Asians [0]&lt;p&gt;* Google sued for not turning over compensation data [1]&lt;p&gt;* Oracle sued for hiring too many Asians&lt;p&gt;While it&amp;#x27;s possible that discriminatory processes have happened at all these places, it seems these lawsuits can be targeted at whoever one wishes. It&amp;#x27;s always going to be possible to find data that indicates discrimination, unless companies hire in exact quotas (which would also be discriminatory really).&lt;p&gt;[0]: &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.usatoday.com&amp;#x2F;story&amp;#x2F;tech&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;2016&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;26&amp;#x2F;palantir-department-of-labor-discrimination-asians-lawsuit&amp;#x2F;91131284&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.usatoday.com&amp;#x2F;story&amp;#x2F;tech&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;2016&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;26&amp;#x2F;palantir-...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[1]: &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.usatoday.com&amp;#x2F;story&amp;#x2F;tech&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;2017&amp;#x2F;01&amp;#x2F;04&amp;#x2F;google-sued-labor-department-over-anti-discrimination-compensation-data&amp;#x2F;96170296&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.usatoday.com&amp;#x2F;story&amp;#x2F;tech&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;2017&amp;#x2F;01&amp;#x2F;04&amp;#x2F;google-su...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>wallace_f</author><text>&amp;gt;It&amp;#x27;s always going to be possible to find data that indicates discrimination, unless companies hire in exact quotas (which would also be discriminatory really).&lt;p&gt;There already are off-the-record quotas. Who in management hasn&amp;#x27;t heard discussion at least eluding the the need for a diversity hire? Probably very few people at this point.&lt;p&gt;I believe a distinction must be made: Equality of &lt;i&gt;opportunity&lt;/i&gt; is good. Equality of &lt;i&gt;outcome&lt;/i&gt; will lead us to the world of Harrison Bergeron&amp;#x27;s.</text></comment>
<story><title>U.S. sues Oracle, alleges salary and hiring discrimination</title><url>http://www.reuters.com/article/us-oracle-usa-labor-idUSKBN1522O6?il=0</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>freditup</author><text>That means we so far have:&lt;p&gt;* Palantir sued for not hiring enough Asians [0]&lt;p&gt;* Google sued for not turning over compensation data [1]&lt;p&gt;* Oracle sued for hiring too many Asians&lt;p&gt;While it&amp;#x27;s possible that discriminatory processes have happened at all these places, it seems these lawsuits can be targeted at whoever one wishes. It&amp;#x27;s always going to be possible to find data that indicates discrimination, unless companies hire in exact quotas (which would also be discriminatory really).&lt;p&gt;[0]: &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.usatoday.com&amp;#x2F;story&amp;#x2F;tech&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;2016&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;26&amp;#x2F;palantir-department-of-labor-discrimination-asians-lawsuit&amp;#x2F;91131284&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.usatoday.com&amp;#x2F;story&amp;#x2F;tech&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;2016&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;26&amp;#x2F;palantir-...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[1]: &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.usatoday.com&amp;#x2F;story&amp;#x2F;tech&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;2017&amp;#x2F;01&amp;#x2F;04&amp;#x2F;google-sued-labor-department-over-anti-discrimination-compensation-data&amp;#x2F;96170296&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.usatoday.com&amp;#x2F;story&amp;#x2F;tech&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;2017&amp;#x2F;01&amp;#x2F;04&amp;#x2F;google-su...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>pippy</author><text>This is why merit based evaluation is the only sane hiring practice. I&amp;#x27;d love to see legal protection for companies that can provide evidence they strictly adhered to the merit based hires.&lt;p&gt;You can also apply this rationale to your own projects, by including the Code of Merit into your projects[0][1].&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;github.com&amp;#x2F;rosarior&amp;#x2F;Code-of-Merit&amp;#x2F;blob&amp;#x2F;master&amp;#x2F;CODE_OF_MERIT.md&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;github.com&amp;#x2F;rosarior&amp;#x2F;Code-of-Merit&amp;#x2F;blob&amp;#x2F;master&amp;#x2F;CODE_O...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;code-of-merit.org&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;code-of-merit.org&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>