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Gattaca Genetic Engineering

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The impact of human genetic engineering on the workplace is negative. With genetic engineering, humans have the ability to give their children the best traits. They can create children who have the traits to be able at any job they want. However, for the children who were born naturally and were not genetically engineered, they can face discrimination for their genes because they supposedly are not good enough for the job. In the movie Gattaca, the invalids, people who are not genetically engineered, are shown to have jobs that the valids, people who are genetically engineered, do not want. The main character Vincent, an invalid, was only able to obtain a job as a janitor even though he could succeed in other jobs higher up on the hierarchy.

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