BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Discrimination
- unfavorable treatment in employment based on prejudice. Major forms of outlawed discrimination include sex discrimination, racial discrimination, disability discrimination, and, in some countries, age discrimination. Discrimination may also be practiced through indirect discrimination.
Wiktionary Definition for: Discrimination
- #Neutral discernment.
- #The act of discriminating, distinguishing, or noting/perceiving differences which exist.
- #The state of being discriminated against, distinguished from, or set apart.
- #Treatment or consideration based on class or category rather than individual merit; partiality or prejudice: racial discrimination; discrimination against foreigners.
- #The arbitrary imposition of unequal tariffs for substantially the same service.
- #The quality of being discriminating; acute discernment; as to show great discrimination in the choice of means.
- #That which discriminates; mark of distinction.
Additional Resources
- Coping with Marketplace Discrimination: An Exploration of the Experiences of Black Men
- "Differential treatment in the marketplace based on group membership rather than individual differences, which refer to as marketplace discrimination, has been noted to occur across a multitude of consumption contexts, ranging from purchasing automobiles and real estate to browsing at retail stores or even hailing a taxicab. This article provides...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Competition and Price Discrimination in the Market for Mailing Lists
- This paper examines the relationship between competition and price discrimination in the market for mailing lists. More specifically, the paper examines whether sellers are more likely to segregate consumers by offering a menu of quality choices (second-degree price discrimination) and/or offering different prices to readily identifiable groups of consumers (third-degree...
- White papers 2005-10-01
- Chevy Chase bias case addresses branching policy alone for first time. (Chevy Chase Federal Savings Bank F.S.B. discrimination in mortgage lending case)(includes related article on other mortgage discrimination cases)
- Chevy Chase Federal Savings Bank F.S.B. settled a federal anti-discrimination lawsuit to avoid costs of prolonged litigation. The Department of Justice charged the thrift with discrimination against African-Americans in Washington, DC, in its mortgage lenChevy Chase Federal Savings Bank F.S.B. settled a federal anti-discrimination lawsuit to avoid costs of prolonged...
- Research articles 1994-10-01
- Colorado Bans Sexual Orientation Discrimination at Work
- Colorado is banning sexual orientation discrimination in the workplace under a new amendment to the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act CADA, joining the ranks of nearly twenty other states that have similar laws in place. Some employment attorneys foresee a maelstrom of litigation. However, the Colorado Civil Rights Division...
- Blog posts 2007-08-01
- Price Discrimination, Copyright Law, and Technological Innovation: Evidence From the Introduction of DVDs
- This paper examines the welfare effects of intellectual property protection, accounting for firms' optimal responses to legal environments and technological innovation. It examines firms' use of indirect price discrimination in response to U.S. copyright law, which effectively prevents direct price discrimination. Using data covering VHS and DVD movie distribution, it...
- White papers 2005-09-01
- Home Depot to pay $87.5M. (to settle gender-discrimination lawsuit)(Brief Article)
- NEW YORK -- The Home Depot has agreed to pay $87.5 million to settle a California class-action lawsuit involving gender discrimination claims, as well as reaching agreements in principle to resolve three remaining discrimination suits. NEW YORK -- The Home Depot has agreed to pay...
- Research articles 1997-09-29
- MTV: MTV Fight for Your Rights: Take a Stand Against Discrimination - affiliate kit. (Beacon 2002 Awards).(wins award for public relations)(Brief Article)
- COMMUNITY; Print Materials; Cable Network II As part of MTV's year-long pro-social campaign, "Fight for Your Rights: Take a Stand Against Discrimination," which focuses on empowering young people to fight discrimination in their com COMMUNITY; Print Materials; Cable...
- Research articles 2002-03-18
- Discrimination lawsuit hits State Farm in Texas.
- Discrimination Lawsuit Hits State Farm In Texas Seven women have filed suit in Houston, Texas, against State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. and three affiliates alleging discrimination against Texas women, blacks and Hispanics in selecting ageDiscrimination Lawsuit Hits State Farm In Texas ...
- Research articles 1989-07-03
- State raises bar on bias claims; Finding of pretext doesn't compel finding of discrimination.
- BOSTON -- A recent ruling by Massachusetts' highest court should make it easier for employers to defend themselves against job discrimination suits brought under the state's anti-discrimination statute. The July 14 ruling by the Massachusetts Supr BOSTON -- A recent ruling by Massachusetts'...
- Research articles 2000-07-31
- 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rules age discrimination case gets another chance in court
- A former Kelly Services salesperson will have another shot at suing the company for firing her in retaliation for raising concerns of age discrimination, although she lacks the probative evidence to pursue the age-discrimination claim, the 8th U.S. CircuiA former Kelly Services salesperson will have another shot at suing the...
- Research articles 2005-06-01
- A Quarter of Women Report Workplace Discrimination
- A Quarter of Women Report Workplace DiscriminationRE: A Quarter of Women Report Workplace DiscriminationI've worked in Federal civil service for 23+ years now in the fields of drafting/engineering and now environmental management. I get paid the same as a man would in my same position, so that is not an...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-12
- Study finds sex discrimination at MIT
- .A five-year study at MIT found "pervasive, if unintentional" sex discrimination among math and science faculty. The report found sex discrimination in hiring, in the allocation of laboratory space and research money, in the granting of awards and promotions, and in the membership of important committees. Discrimination was found to...
- Research articles 1999-04-01
- RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
- CIVIL RIGHTS RACIAL DISCRIMINATION Sections within this essay Background Constitutional Protection Against Racial Discrimination Supreme Court Involvement in Protections Against Racial Discrimination State Action Thirteenth Amendment Protections Fourteenth Amendment Protections Fifteenth Amendment Protections State Protections Against Racial Discrimination Judicial Review of Constitutional Violations Civil Rights Acts and Their...
- Research articles 2005-10-25
- Yale Study Shows Weight Bias Is as Prevalent as Racial Discrimination.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-27 March 2008-Yale University: Yale Study Shows Weight Bias Is as Prevalent as Racial DiscriminationC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:27032008 New Haven, Conn. -- Discrimination against overweight people--particularly women--is as common as racial discrimination, according to a study...
- Research articles 2008-03-27
- Genetic discrimination.(law on genetic discrimination)(Brief article)
- GENETIC DISCRIMINATION. A bill (H.R. 493) that would prohibit discrimination based on genetic information has been approved by the House of Representatives. The Senate has agreed to consider the measure. The bill would expand the prohibition against genetic discrimination by group health plans and...
- Research articles 2007-08-01
- Dealing in discrimination
- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released the number of discrimination charges, by type of discrimination, that it received in FY 2004, along with the monetary benefits recovered for charging parties and other aggrieved individuals during that term (which doesn't include monetary benefits obtained through litigation). Race Discrimination ...
- Research articles 2006-02-01
- Japanese international female students' experience of discrimination, prejudice, and stereotypes
- This qualitative study examined four Japanese international female college students' experience of discrimination, prejudice, and stereotypes in a predominately white university. Four themes emerged from the analysis of data: (1) overt forms of prejudice and discrimination; (2) stereotypes common to Asians; (3) stereotypes unique to the Japanese; and (4) coping...
- Research articles 2007-09-01
- Discrimination Takes on Subtle Forms - Brief Article
- While the era of overt employment discrimination has ended, the era of subtle and covert discrimination practices has just begun, according to Paul Steven Miller, a commissioner with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission EEOC. "Unlike the era of overt discrimination when we saw the passage of the Civil...
- Research articles 2000-05-01
- Black Friday: Price Discrimination Doesn't Explain Everything
- Karl Smith submits: By Adam Ozimek Arnold Kling writes “that price discrimination really deserves a lot more attention than it gets in the economics curriculum. A lot of 'economic naturalist' sorts of questions are correctly answered by appealing to the concept of price discrimination”. Contrary to...
- External links 2009-11-25
- Supreme Court Makes It Easier to Sue for Discrimination
- What type of evidence must a plaintiff present in a "mixed-motive" case in order for the judge to instruct a jury that a claim of sex discrimination has been made? This was the issue before the U.S. Supreme Court on June 9, 2003, in Desert Palace Inc. DBA Caesars Palace...
- White papers 2003-06-13
