Affirmative Action Policy and Changing Views

Critiquing any practice, theory, or law, requires understanding the characteristics of the environment which created a need for this law. There are hundreds of different cultures in the world, and each one has its own set of norms, characteristics, and values. What in one country is perceived normal...

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VerfasserInnen: Libertella, Anthony F. (Verfasst von) ; Sora, Sebastian A. (Verfasst von) ; Natale, Samuel M. (Verfasst von)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: 2007
In: Journal of business ethics
Jahr: 2007, Band: 74, Heft: 1, Seiten: 65-71
weitere Schlagwörter:B racial weighting
B government policy and Affirmative Action
B Discrimination
B Affirmative Action
B correcting past discrimination
B Culture
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Zusammenfassung:Critiquing any practice, theory, or law, requires understanding the characteristics of the environment which created a need for this law. There are hundreds of different cultures in the world, and each one has its own set of norms, characteristics, and values. What in one country is perceived normal, ethical or unethical, right or wrong, may not be the same somewhere else in the world. The first civilizations begun in Africa and Europe many thousands of years ago when people were hunters and nomads, it is not unreasonable to suspect that many of those traits and characteristics have been socially transferred and/or inherited by future generations.
ISSN:1573-0697
Enthält:Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9220-4