총 40페이지

30 EyeofTheArgus
AbsurdIdeaof
JobInheritance
ByYunJi-hun
EditorialConsultant
I
n 1999, the policy of giving ex-soldiers extra advantages when they applied for jobs was ruled
unconstitutional.TheConstitutionalCourtofKoreathenruledthatthepolicyinfringesontherights
ofwomenandthephysicallyhandicappedtoequalitywithmenandtheirrighttothefreedomofjob
selection.Currently,aseconomicpolarizationhasconstantlydeterioratedintowideningthegapbetween
the rich and the poor, people tend to put more importance on class equality as well as sexual equality
andcondemntheexpedientwealthinheritanceoftheprivilegedundersocialjustice.
However, the kind of inheritance thought to be exclusive only to the privileged was interestingly
transferredtoanothersocialgroup.HyundaiMotorunionproposedthatmanagementprovidefavorsto
the children of long-term unionized workers during recruitment. Despite the partial internal objection
totheclauserequestingthecompanytogiveadvantagestothechildrenofretiredemployeesandthose
working at the company for over 25 years during the hiring process, as long as they are qualified, the
unionfinallyconfirmeditaspartoftheircollectivebargainingagenda.
Eventhoughsomemightcallalaborunionaninterestgrouporakindofcartel,theunionisauthorized
to negotiate an agreement on an employee’s wage and welfare with a company. Hyundai Motor union
appears to consider giving those advantages to their children as welfare or a minor reward for their
contribution to the company. However, this policy mentioned above is absolutely against the social
justice of the equality of opportunity and breaks the social consensus of indiscriminatory recruitment
bycapability.Whatmattersmostinthecompanieshiringnewstaffisnotfamilybackground,wealth,or
parents’status,buttherecruit’sownabilityandpersonality.Theunion’sdecisiondirectlygoescounter
tothatsimpleanduniversalproposition.Itisalsoobviousthatthespecialadvantagesystemresultsinthe
jobinheritanceofspecificunionists,forstipulatingtheadvantagebrandsatacitcustomthatacompany
preferentiallyhiresanemployee’schildrenasreasonableandunquestionable.
AccordingtoasurveyconductedbyMBC,oneoftheKoreanpublicbroadcastingstations,49percent
ofrespondentsagedintheirfortiesansweredthateffortandcapabilitywerekeyconditionstosucceed.
However,43.4and40percentoftherespondentsagedintheirtwentiesandthirtiesansweredthatother
conditions,suchasafamily,region,educationalbackgroundandwealth,weremorecriticalforsuccess.
HyundaiMotorunion’sdecisionwouldaddtothesenseofsocialdeprivation,harmthevalueoffairness,
anddeepenthatpublicperception.
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