Is it ethical for a vegan to hire a carnivore employee?!

It depends, I think, on the specific job you are hiring for. If being vegan/vegetarian is not essential for the position, requiring that someone is a vegetarian/vegan probably isn't legal. While it is not specifically listed as one of the prohibited forms of discrimination, chances are a potential employee could sue.

If you are hiring employees for a vegan restaurant, store, or advocacy group, it would make sense to give preferential treatment to vegans. It also would likely be legal, as it is absolutely relevant to the position. (Sex discrimination is legal in some instances. For example, it is legal to "discriminate" against men if you are hiring for a women's locker room or bathroom attendant, or a model of women's clothing. Likewise, if you are hiring for a position in a Christian school, you can require that people are Christian.) However, if you happen to own a bead store or something, it isn't really appropriate to make veganism a condition of employment.

I think that's a bizarre way to discriminate against someone. I mean, would you refuse to patronize a store where the employees and owner are meat eaters? Because whenever you spend money on anything, it probably supports "the animal flesh industry" as well, because of all people that are connected to the business where you are spending money. For example, if you buy a car: the dealership employees, the car manufacturers, and everyone connected to the business in any way (accountants, mechanics, etc) is benefitting. If they eat meat, you are indirectly giving your money to people that will support the meat industry.

Since it's your business, and your own sense of ethics that you have to live with, the hiring of the employee is up to you. I personally don't think that ethics have anything to do with this - being vegan is a personal choice and I don't think it's fair for you to not hire someone because of they have a different belief. Would it be fair for me to not hire vegans because I don't want to give money to someone that has a different philosophy than me? That's basically what it boils down to. It's like you have to approve of what they spend their own money on. You can apply that thought to anyone or anything - whenever you have an employee, you are paying them money that they can do anything with - party, buy drugs/liquor/cigarettes, give to charity, spoil their children...as long as they do their job, that's none of your business.

And by the way, people that eat meat are not "carnivores," they are "omnivores." Most people eat vegetables, grains, and fruits in addition to meat.

"ethical" is subjective. If you see it's unethical to give someone money that "is going towards supporting the animal flesh industry and all the cruelty associated with it", it would only be ethical for you to live in a secluded and exclusively vegan community where ALL services are maintained by vegans. Only then will your money never be in a carnivore/omnivore's possession.

It's your call really. Dietary Choices are not protected against discrimination under law. If you want to limit the potential supply of labor that your firm demands, however, you may legally do so. It could be a marking point, depending on the nature of your business. I'd say, nothing is really vegan, but do whatever makes you feel like you are a part of the solution.

Yes...While you may not agree with a person's dietary choice, Work ethics and the Law deem it that you may not reject an employment on a person's dietary preferences.

Also wording your question like that, and implying I'm evil because I enjoy a burger, is why many of us "evil" Omnivores can't take vegans very seriously. We don't go around and say about how your evil for taking up more of the precious veggies that herbivores might eat.

I think there is more to a person than what they eat. And it is not up to an employer to judge a person based on those things. AND it might be a reason for such an employer to find themselves in a lawsuit, esp in this terrifying times where jobs are really hard to find. I have known vegans that work in steakhouses, and meat eaters that work on orchards. Doesn't really much matter really, do you think?

That's called discrimination in the workplace. It's illegal. Depending on where you are you can be fined or jailed for it.

P.s, Carnivore is misleading as it leads to the perception that people who eat meat ONLY eat meat which is not the case. It's a matter of semantics really.

What you eat is not your work ethic nor is it really your business, its like some people like curry and others don't, so if they can do the job, who cares what anyone eats, I would be more concerned with someone who thinks smoking something or whatever and working mix, they don't.

What if a Republican employer hired a Democrat, knowing they will vote against their beliefs? Should they fire them based on this? Each to their own, if you want to be free to choose, then you need to let others be free too.

It's omnivore, right?

And I can't imagine that anyone would ever consider not hiring someone based on dietary preference. That's discriminatory and just mostly dumb.

When would a vegan ever need to hire a tiger, wolf, or any other carnivorous animal?

Humans are not carnivores.

It is unethical to discriminate against someone based on their eating habits. What if businesses hung a sign on their windows saying, "Vegans need not apply?".

How would you have a carnivore employee???

Do you mean "omnivore"?

no

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I don't even think it's ethical to be a "vegan."

for me i wouldn't give a crap what my employees eat