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Will President Rouhani, who has spoken up for gender equality, give women a chance in his second term?
A difference in psychology could explain the difference in rewards.
The escalating indifference with which Uber allegedly reacted to a software engineer’s harassment claims is the norm in the corporate world, where enforcing civil rights laws is seen as a tax on profits.
Forcing women to wear high heels at work is discriminatory, but it will take more than the law to change dress codes.
Cab drivers have long discriminated against African-Americans and other minority groups. New research suggests ride-hailing apps haven’t solved the problem.
There’s no good reason why diagnosis rates differ. And it may be down to gender discrimination.
A Trump victory on Nov. 8 would preserve a conservative majority on the court. A look back at its recent decisions shows why that would be very bad for workers’ rights.
Are quotas the best way to challenge sexism and discrimination in politics and workplaces?
Horrors of job discrimination.
Disparagement humor makes a punchline out of a marginalized group. Racist or sexist jokes, for instance, aren’t just harmless fun – psychologists find they can foster discrimination.
The growing problem of pregnancy discrimination has received barely any attention on the campaign trail or among researchers, possibly because it disproportionately affects poor women.
Grand plans designed to reduce reliance on oil will struggle to create an economy which helps all the Kingdom’s subjects.
We asked two academics to check the claim by Michael Gove that the EU court has been grabbing power.
The South African gender pay gap is estimated, on average, to be between 15% and 17%. Employers are benefiting unduly from the historic undervaluing of women’s skills and contributions.
Past hiring discrimination appears to lead African Americans to cast a wide net, while women tend to seek out roles historically associated with their gender.
There is no justification for banning women from men’s football. The same is not true in the opposite direction, however.
Women’s football has come a long way, but it is still some distance from competing with the men’s game.
Sexist peer review case sheds light on the need to tackle gender and racial discrimination in universities.
Academic papers are often cherry picked to support our prevailing views. We need to be careful to acknowledge the complexities of many issues explored by science.
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Professor of Law, University of Oregon
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Associate Professor of Strategic Management, University of Toronto
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Associate Dean, Research and External Relations; Executive Director, Madden Center for Value Creation; Phil Smith Professor of Entrepreneurship, Florida Atlantic University; Institute for Humane Studies
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Distinguished Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Francisco
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Professor of Labor Studies, Rutgers University
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Assistant Professor of Economics, Bowdoin College
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Professor of Strategic Management, University of Toronto
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Associate Professor of Strategy and International Business, Florida Atlantic University
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Professor of Leadership and Organisation Studies, University of Birmingham
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Senior Lecturer in People Management and Organisation, The Open University
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Adjunct Professor, James Cook University
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Professor Emeritus of Law and Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Case Western Reserve University