Equal opportunity
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| - | '''Equal opportunity''' is a term which has differing definitions and there is no consensus as to the precise meaning. Some use it as a descriptive term for an approach intended to provide a certain [[social environment]] in which people are not excluded from the activities of society, such as [[education]], [[employment]], or [[health care]], on the basis of [[immutable]] traits. Equal opportunity practices include measures taken by organizations to ensure fairness in the employment process. | + | '''Equal opportunity''' is a term which has differing definitions and there is no consensus as to the precise meaning. It derives its meaning in contrast to [[equality of outcome]]. |
| - | In [[job advertisement]]s and descriptions, the fact that the employer is an [[equal opportunity]] employer is sometimes indicated by the abbreviations EOE or MFDV which stands for Male, Female, Disabled, Veteran. | ||
| - | ==See also== | + | == See also == |
| + | * [[Affirmative action in the United States]] | ||
| * [[Asset-based egalitarianism]] | * [[Asset-based egalitarianism]] | ||
| - | * [[Affirmative action]] | + | * [[Bona fide occupational qualifications|''Bona fide'' occupational qualifications]] |
| - | * [[Equal Opportunity Employment]] | + | * [[Civil liberties]] |
| + | * [[Egalitarianism]] | ||
| + | * [[Equal employment opportunity]] | ||
| + | * [[Ethnic penalty]] | ||
| + | * [[Free education]] | ||
| + | * [[Polarization (economics)]] | ||
| + | * [[Simultaneous recruiting of new graduates]] | ||
| + | * [[Title IX]] | ||
| * [[Universal access]] | * [[Universal access]] | ||
| - | * [[Equality of outcome]] | + | * [[Universal access to education]] |
| + | * [[Women and children first]] | ||
| + | *[[Substantive equality]]}} | ||
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Equal opportunity is a term which has differing definitions and there is no consensus as to the precise meaning. It derives its meaning in contrast to equality of outcome.
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See also
- Affirmative action in the United States
- Asset-based egalitarianism
- Bona fide occupational qualifications
- Civil liberties
- Egalitarianism
- Equal employment opportunity
- Ethnic penalty
- Free education
- Polarization (economics)
- Simultaneous recruiting of new graduates
- Title IX
- Universal access
- Universal access to education
- Women and children first
- Substantive equality}}
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