Ethics Question on Tattoo and Professionalism

As tattoos and piercings gain popularity with a younger generation of employees, interviewers and supervisors are developing new dress code criteria.

While there are industries and companies that are tolerant of body art, it is still more common for businesses to hold a hard line, especially in jobs that require frequent customer interaction.

For example, at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess in Scottsdale Arizona, recruitment specialist Melisa Leserance said the company has definitive guidelines about on-the-job appearances and applicants are told during the interview process what is acceptable.

Leserance recalled one employee who had a tattoo across his wrist. “He wore a jacket, but you could still see it. And as long as he worked here, he wore a bandage over the tattoo.”

“If the company has a written or stated dress code,” … says an employment attorney, then “the company gets to determine what constitutes a professional image or appearance.”

Tattoo in a professional environment.

Your View (Choose either (a) or (b) and post.

(a) Do you agree with the policy of Fairmont Scottsdale hotel? Why or why not? Does your company have a policy regarding body art? What is it?

(b) Do you agree with the policy of Fairmont Scottsdale hotel? Why or why not? As an educator how does your school district deal students who have tattoos and/or piercings?

Art and beauty lies in the eyes of beholder. Hence the customers or clients perception about the tattoos and piercing may not be same as the person having them on. This is one of the reasons why certain companies want to have the guidelines when it comes to tattooing and professional Appearance .

I believe the policy that is put in place by Fairmont Scottsdale Princess is justified as it is a hospitality industry and to