This ground-breaking study of the "inner workings" of workplace discrimination honors the pioneering work of the late David Charny. Drawing on recent insights in such disciplines as social psychology and neuroscience, fifteen distinguished legal scholars explore the implications of these and other findings for various areas of employment policy and activity, including:
- affirmative action
- sexual harassment
- diversity policy
- antidiscrimination liability schema
- "best practices" initiatives
- the "ecology" of the workplace
- employment discrimination litigation
The insightful contributions, often discomforting and even startling, offer valuable insights and sometimes workable solutions to the deep problems of stereotyping, bias, prejudice, and discrimination that continue to plague today's workplaces. The volume will be welcomed by anyone, academic or practitioner, committed to checking and halting the corrosive effects of workplace discrimination on our social fabric.