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Equal Opportunities International Canadian Perspectives on Employment Equity

Penny Hartin (Faculty of Administration, University of New Brunswick, PO Box 4400, Fredericton, NB, Canada E3B SA3)
Phillip C. Wright (Faculty of Administration, University of New Brunswick, PO Box 4400, Fredericton, NB, Canada E3B SA3)

Equal Opportunities International

ISSN: 0261-0159

Article publication date: 1 June 1994

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Abstract

Introduction “Equality is, at the very least, freedom from adverse discrimination. But what constitutes adverse discrimination changes with time, with information, with experience, and with insight. What we tolerated as a society 100, 50, or even 10 years ago is no longer necessarily tolerable. Equality is thus a process ‐ a process of constant and flexible examination, of vigilant introspection, and of aggressive open mindedness.” (Excerpt from Equality in Employment, A Royal Commission Report, 1984)

Citation

Hartin, P. and Wright, P.C. (1994), "Equal Opportunities International Canadian Perspectives on Employment Equity", Equal Opportunities International, Vol. 13 No. 6/7, pp. 12-28. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb010630

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