Creating a double standard

Besides not pushing agendas on this blog, I also try and make sure we stay away from politics. I figure that there are a lot of very savvy political bloggers out there, many of whom are great friends of mine, and if you want to talk politics that you can easily find them. Yet the riots taking place across the globe with regards to the Muhammad cartoons have brought up some up some interesting conversations of late:

Late last week CNN decided not to air pictures of these cartoons, but did show some pictures of Jewish cartoons from the Muslim world. Bill Bennet shot back at CNN with this response. Even CNN's Lou Dobbs denounced his own network. Whether or not you think that this is a double standard is far beyond the scope of this blog. However, the whole debate got me thinking about double standards within our institutions:

How often do we find institutions creating double standards within their organizations? Are performance and accountability standards (such as being late for work) different for employees than management? Do executives ask for input from some divisions more than others? Do we listen to one gender more than another?

These are but a few questions....there are many more. What are some examples of double standards that you have come across? Is it merely a trust issue, or are there deeper issues involved?