Economists' Group Adjusts Policy on Discriminatory Language in Job Ads

Autor/in	Glenn, David
Titel	Economists' Group Adjusts Policy on Discriminatory Language in Job Ads
Quelle	In: Chronicle of Higher Education, 53 (2007) 20, (1 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-5982
Schlagwörter	Advertising; Administrative Policy; Change; Equal Opportunities (Jobs); Professional Associations; Economics; Conferences; Church Related Colleges; Disproportionate Representation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Werbung; Wandel; Equal opportunity; Equal opportunities; Job; Jobs; Chancengleichheit; Beruf; Volkswirtschaftslehre; Kirchliche Hochschule
Abstract	This article discusses how an economists' group brought forth policy adjustments on advertising issues. Since 1986 the association has banned advertisements in its newsletter, Job Openings for Economists, that discriminate "on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, sexual preference, or physical handicap." Facing rank-and-file discontent with a policy banning references to minority groups in job notices, the executive committee of the American Economic Association has voted to loosen the restrictions. The new policy's exact terms have not yet been set, but the association will now allow recruitment language that encourages applications from people who belong to underrepresented groups covered by federal civil-rights law. While the advertising issue appears to have found a resolution, another dispute is still simmering: Several small organizations that participate in the annual economics meeting are angry about plans to cut the number of panels they can offer in future years. (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10