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Evaluating accountability: finding a place for the Treaty of Waitangi in the New Zealand public sector

Jacobs, Kerry - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 13 (2000) 3, pp. 360-380

Examines the development of accountability for the Treaty of Waitangi in the New Zealand public sector. Considers how the nature of the accountability obligations arising from the Treaty have developed and how these differ from those that have developed generally in the New Zealand public...

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Entering the accounting profession: the operationalization of ethnicity-based discrimination

Huang, Guozhen; Fowler, Carolyn J.; Baskerville, Rachel F. - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 29 (2016) 8, pp. 1342-1366

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to offer a Bourdieu-oriented study that investigates race discrimination when … and those who migrated from the Indian subcontinent and South Asia. Underneath the experience of discrimination is the … profession, to formulate effective rules and structures to combat discrimination. It may also inform those in other professions …

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The long-run impacts of banning affirmative action in US higher education

Antman, Francisca M.; Duncan, Brian; Lovenheim, Michael F. - 2024

This paper estimates the long-run impacts of banning affirmative action on men and women from under-represented minority (URM) racial and ethnic groups in the United States. Using data from the US Census and American Community Survey, we use a difference-in-differences framework to compare the...

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AIDS and Employment: Diagnosis and Prognosis

Adam‐Smith, Derek; Goss, David; Sinclair, Adele; … - In: Employee Relations 14 (1992) 3, pp. 29-40

The issue of AIDS/HIV is currently a concern of many employing organizations. Considers the contextual factors which surround AIDS as a workplace issue in terms of legislation, state policy, and trade union and employer positions. This is followed by an analysis of current UK corporate AIDS...

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Ageism and the UK Hospitality Industry

Lucas, Rosemary E. - In: Employee Relations 15 (1993) 2, pp. 33-41

In the context of a gradually ageing labour force and skills shortages, discrimination against older workers has …

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HIV/AIDS and Hotel and Catering Employment: Some Implications of Perceived Risk

Adam‐Smith, Derek; Goss, David - In: Employee Relations 15 (1993) 2, pp. 25-32

Addresses the workplace issues posed by HIV/AIDS within the hotel and catering industry. In particular, examines the theoretical risks which may be peculiar to organizations in this industrial sector. Suggests that the “objective” risk assessment provided by “experts” is not necessarily...

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Recruitment Advertising: Discrimination on the Basis of Age

McGoldrick, Ann E.; Arrowsmith, James - In: Employee Relations 15 (1993) 5, pp. 54-65

Examines the attitudes of employers with regard to age discrimination and the use of media advertising to infer age … for age discrimination/selection is the choice of many organizations, so avoiding the business of selection until the …

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Compensation for discrimination: cause for concern

Sinclair, Adele; Botten, Neil - In: Employee Relations 17 (1995) 8, pp. 46-59

The last two years have seen radical changes in the way that industrial tribunals assess compensation in discrimination …

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Disability Discrimination: A Practical Guide to the New Law (2nd ed.)

Cunningham, Ian - In: Employee Relations 22 (2000) 6, pp. 612-619

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Managing workplace religious expression within the legal constraints

Hambler, Andrew - In: Employee Relations 38 (2016) 3, pp. 406-419

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consider in broad terms how employers may respond to different forms of religious expression by employees in the workplace, within the discretion afforded to them by law. Design/methodology/approach – Through a discussion of relevant legislation and...

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