Scan the newspapers, listen to the evening news, peruse a periodical, survey the literature, talk to a friend, and you too will find example after example of organizations and individuals faced with the costly effects of discrimination. Any situation in which a group or individual is treated unfavorably based on prejudice, usually against their membership of a socially distinct group or category cause discrimination. Such causes usually include having predetermined view on someone because of ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, age, and disability. …