While the concept of social justice can be traced through Ancient and Renaissance philosophy, such as Socrates, Thomas Aquinas, Spinoza and Thomas Paine, the term social justice became used explicitly from the 1840s.
Creed discrimination involves treating an applicant or employee less favorably because of his or her beliefs. Creed is defined as âany statement or system of belief, principles, or opinions.â. Creed is protected at the state and university level. This class is protected by North Carolina General Statute 126-16, which requires that all state departments and agencies give equal opportunity for employment and compensation without regard to creed to all qualified individuals.
An important key in harassment prevention in the workplace is staying aware of the protected classes, both federally and state-wide. Protected classes are characteristics a person has that cannot be the reason for discrimination or harassment.The federal protected classes are race, color, religion, national origin, age, gender, disability, genetic information and veteran status.owever, as of July 1, 2012, Massachusetts will consider gender identity a protected class. So any workplace harassment prevention training plan would need to list this category as protected and the human resources managers would need to make sure the employees were educated on this topic.