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Parr, Tom and Theofilopoulou, Areti (2022) Against credentialism. The Journal of Ethics, 26 . pp. 639-659. doi:10.1007/s10892-022-09408-3 ISSN 1382-4554.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10892-022-09408-3
Abstract
Credentialism refers to the practice of hiring or promoting applicants on the basis of their educational qualifications. In this paper, we argue that this can amount to wrongful discrimination against the less qualified. A standard way to defend credentialism appeals to the fact that it minimizes the costs of production. We argue that this argument has unacceptable implications in some cases involving disability- and gender-based discrimination. We claim that, once we appropriately revise this argument, credentialism is revealed to be similarly wrongfully discriminatory. We then consider two objections and draw some preliminary lessons for policymaking.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Discrimination in employment, Vocational qualifications, Employability | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | The Journal of Ethics | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Springer | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1382-4554 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | December 2022 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 26 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 639-659 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10892-022-09408-3 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | “This version of the article has been accepted for publication, after peer review (when applicable) but is not the Version of Record and does not reflect post-acceptance improvements, or any corrections. The Version of Record is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10892-022-09408-3 Use of this Accepted Version is subject to the publisher’s Accepted Manuscript terms of use https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-research/policies/acceptedmanuscript-terms”." | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Description: | A Correction to this article was published on 11 November 2022 |
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| Date of first compliant deposit: | 29 September 2022 | ||||||||
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