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How immovable is your moral standing? It’s an interesting question which was tested for me recently. 

Should we stand our ground no matter what, I mean if protesters in the past campaigning for women’s right or against racism just decided there were actually some reasons to justify discrimination and ‘let it go’ would we be in the position we are in 2026 with, hopefully, much better rights for these groups or would we still be in a world where being a woman was clearly seen as second class or the colour of your skin defined what you were and were not able to do or where you went? What about for smaller minority groups like the LGBT+ community. Is a ‘little’ discrimination ok if you feel you can justify it some way?

I ask the question on whether there is any justification for discrimination no matter how small? Can we attempt to justify it by passing off the ‘bigger picture’ so therefore this ‘little bit’ of discrimination is relatively meaningless in the big scheme of things? In terms of discrimination in the workplace, can it be justified due to financial gain? Does making money for a company override the moral rights of people because, of course, a company has to make money to survive and keep people in work?

When it comes to trying to justify discrimination to ourselves, I think the option of ‘looking at the bigger picture’ is an easy one for people to come to terms with in their mind and settle their moral compass in an attempt to legitimatise what you would otherwise question as part of your own moral code.

From a personal point of view I find zero discrimination to be the only acceptable option but when it comes to the corporate world how does this fare?

Take for example a company that prides itself on being against discrimination or bullying and that is part of the company ethos. If a staff member calls out indirect discrimination but the company has pressure from an external source to overlook that what is the correct procedure that should be followed? Do we discuss the issue but just move on regardless or is it the moral right of a company to actually put a stop to the discrimination from propagating any further? Do companies have a commitment to their clients that, no matter what, their business takes priority over the companies moral code and whilst a company can make it very clear they are against doing this, is the perpetuation of discrimination something that just should be allowed because of a corporate relationship?

I think these are all interesting questions and from a personal point of view, its very easy to live by your own moral code but it does seem than when navigating the corporate world things appear to be way more tricky than they should be and it feels unfortunate that in 2026 we are still able to justify any level of discrimination at all, no matter what the scenario.