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JUSTICE: Preferential Hiring and the Dualism

In: Integrating Ethics With Strategy Selected Papers of Alan E Singer

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    (University of Canterbury, New Zealand)

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This chapter is an adapted version of “Justice in preferential hiring,” Journal of Business Ethics 10, pp. 91-97, 1991, by M. S. Singer and A. E. Singer. It describes empirical studies of perceptions of preferential selection. Preferential selection is widely perceived as unfair. Indeed, the level of perceived unfairness is directly related to the discrepancy in candidates’ test scores on job-relevant tests. Furthermore, the provision of particular “ethical” or “legislative” justifications for the selection decisions increased the perceived level of unfairness. The question of preferential hiring, far from being an esoteric and annoying HR issue, can be thought of as representative of the larger “strategy versus ethics” question. It is only when people take the time and make the effort to fully contemplate and discuss all the arguments on both sides of the issue that they can reoccupy the centre.

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  • Alan E Singer, 2007. "JUSTICE: Preferential Hiring and the Dualism," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Integrating Ethics With Strategy Selected Papers of Alan E Singer, chapter 19, pages 346-358, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:wschap:9789812779175_0019
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