https://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. A new pilot study led by researchers from King's College London, the Lambeth Services Users Council and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine reveals that people experiencing homelessness in South London face stigma and discrimination across multiple public and support systems. https://phys.org/news/2025-11-people-homeless-south-london-widespread.html Social Sciences Fri, 21 Nov 2025 13:10:05 EST news682952819 The willingness of those in power to act fairly depends on how easily others can collectively push back against unfair treatment, psychologists have found. https://phys.org/news/2025-07-fairness-powerful.html Social Sciences Thu, 31 Jul 2025 11:52:04 EDT news673181521 New University of Virginia research is pinpointing when young children begin recognizing what they believe to be unfair treatment in the classroom. https://phys.org/news/2024-11-grade-children-unfair.html Social Sciences Mon, 25 Nov 2024 13:00:05 EST news651762000 Artificial intelligence (AI) makes important decisions that affect our everyday lives. These decisions are implemented by firms and institutions in the name of efficiency. They can help determine who gets into college, who lands a job, who receives medical treatment and who qualifies for government assistance. https://phys.org/news/2024-11-unfair-decisions-ai-indifferent-bad.html Social Sciences Thu, 14 Nov 2024 15:46:44 EST news650821594 Job applicants can be suspicious of the hiring process if a company uses artificial intelligence to pre-screen candidates and facilitate hiring decisions, a Northeastern University expert says, but their perception improves when they learn that an algorithm is "blind" to such characteristics as gender, race or age. https://phys.org/news/2024-07-ai-powered-hiring-fair-gender.html Economics & Business Wed, 17 Jul 2024 12:17:50 EDT news640437467 A new Child Development study by researchers at the University of Maryland, Furman University, Education Northwest and University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa in the United States has examined whether children think it's unfair for a teacher to select students from only one gender or ethnic group for leadership duties. https://phys.org/news/2024-06-qa-children-adolescents-rectify-gender.html Social Sciences Wed, 26 Jun 2024 03:00:01 EDT news638549812 White men who have experienced workplace harassment themselves are more likely to support efforts to combat race and gender bias in their organizations, according to a new University of Michigan study. The findings appear in the American Journal of Sociology. https://phys.org/news/2024-03-white-men-workplace-allies-diversity.html Social Sciences Thu, 21 Mar 2024 16:42:08 EDT news630258124 As many companies aim to build diverse workforces, candidates from historically marginalized communities continue to report unfair recruitment practices and limited opportunities. Building an equitable organization starts during the hiring process, with potential supervisors playing a major role in making applicants feel comfortable. https://phys.org/news/2023-11-authentic-ethical-leadership-style-inclusive.html Social Sciences Wed, 29 Nov 2023 12:36:25 EST news620483782 As the Australian government announces a Senate inquiry into the impact of menopause on women's health, careers and finances, academics from the Body@Work Project have published a paper in the University of Oxford Human Rights Hub Journal examining international law as it relates to reproduction and the right to work. https://phys.org/news/2023-11-workplace-menstruation-menopause-paper.html Economics & Business Wed, 08 Nov 2023 16:10:05 EST news618682201 By 2029, there will be 3.6 million computing jobs in the U.S., but there will only be enough college graduates with computing degrees to fill 24% of these jobs. For decades, the U.S. has poured resources into improving gender representation in the tech industry. However, the numbers are not improving proportionately. Instead, they have remained stagnant, and initiatives are failing. https://phys.org/news/2023-03-retention-problem-women-tech-driven.html Social Sciences Fri, 03 Mar 2023 13:19:28 EST news597071964 President Joe Biden on Thursday tried to allay concerns raised by French President Emmanuel Macron about a clean energy law that benefits electric vehicles and other products made in North America. But the U.S. and Europe remain divided over the landmark law. https://phys.org/news/2022-12-us-european-differences-climate-law-persist.html Environment Fri, 02 Dec 2022 03:36:31 EST news589174579 Understanding the ways in which workers in precarious employment react to work injury and claims processes they see as unfair can help employers, legal representatives, physicians and others respond appropriately, according to a new study. https://phys.org/news/2022-09-workplace-injury-compensation-requires-vulnerable.html Economics & Business Mon, 26 Sep 2022 01:56:47 EDT news583376201 A new study from North Carolina State University finds that one key to promoting STEM education, and to making students feel capable of working on STEM subjects outside of the classroom, is to find ways to make classrooms feel more inclusive. https://phys.org/news/2022-03-high-school-students-engage-stem.html Education Thu, 03 Mar 2022 12:27:00 EST news565532817 George Floyd's high-profile death has become synonymous with unfair police treatment. https://phys.org/news/2021-05-racial-groups-disparate-consequences-unfair.html Social Sciences Tue, 18 May 2021 09:43:46 EDT news540549823 New research using a nationally representative sample of more than 12,000 participants shows the collateral consequences victims are likely to confront following unfair treatment by police. https://phys.org/news/2021-03-unfair-police-treatment-tragedy-limited.html Social Sciences Sat, 06 Mar 2021 03:42:11 EST news534224527 Discrimination—differential treatment based on an aspect of someone's identity, such as nationality, race, sexual orientation or gender—is linked to lower success in careers and poorer health. But there is little information about how individual discrimination events affect people in the short term and then lead to these longer-term disparities. https://phys.org/news/2019-11-discrimination-events-college-students-daily.html Education Mon, 04 Nov 2019 16:30:13 EST news492107406 Advocates of proactive policing model argue that stopping and searching law abiding citizens is a minor inconvenience. However, researchers from Florida State University have found it might actually be getting under the skin of black men—literally. https://phys.org/news/2018-12-unfair-treatment-police-linked-physiological.html Social Sciences Tue, 18 Dec 2018 14:03:08 EST news464364174 Upwardly mobile blacks and Hispanics are more likely to experience racial discrimination than their socioeconomically stable peers, new research has found. https://phys.org/news/2017-10-money-discrimination-worse-minorities.html Social Sciences Tue, 31 Oct 2017 15:29:51 EDT news428682583 Others being afraid of you as you walk by. Shopping in a store and being followed by an employee. Being verbally assaulted with racist words or threatened. https://phys.org/news/2016-08-black-men-discrimination-weekly-basis.html Social Sciences Wed, 24 Aug 2016 08:09:50 EDT news391244974 When faced with rude customers, people in the service sector sometimes exact revenge – but they're much more likely to do so if their boss mistreats them as well, according to a new study by Professor Daniel Skarlicki and Associate Professor Danielle van Jaarsveld of UBC's Sauder School of Business. https://phys.org/news/2015-10-bad-bosses-employees-sabotage-customers.html Social Sciences Tue, 06 Oct 2015 07:03:58 EDT news363333827 Ten years after England and Wales' first law against religious discrimination a University of Derby-led project reveals institutions are making progress but that reports of unfair treatment from people of different religions or beliefs continue. Research for the report "Religion and Belief, Discrimination and Equality in England and Wales: A Decade of Continuity and Change" was led by Paul Weller, Professor of Inter-Religious Relations at Derby, working with Oxford and Manchester universities. https://phys.org/news/2013-09-unfair-treatment-faith-groups-persists.html Social Sciences Thu, 12 Sep 2013 06:48:43 EDT news298187310 The White House Monday backed a Senate bill to force online retailers like Amazon and eBay to collect state and local sales taxes, hoping to end a cost disadvantage hampering bricks and mortar businesses. https://phys.org/news/2013-04-white-house-internet-sales-tax.html Business Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:23:11 EDT news285870185 Over 1,000 workers went on strike over working conditions at a plant linked to Foxconn, a rights group said Saturday, in the latest controversy to hit the Taiwanese technology giant. https://phys.org/news/2013-01-foxconn-china-rights-group.html Business Sat, 12 Jan 2013 17:46:36 EST news277235184 A push to lower music royalties paid by Internet radio has created political disharmony in Washington. https://phys.org/news/2012-10-dissonance-web-radio-royalties.html Internet Sun, 14 Oct 2012 06:03:41 EDT news269413395 People who worry about workplace rejection or sabotage can end up bringing it upon themselves, according to University of British Columbia research. https://phys.org/news/2012-07-paranoid-office-politics.html Social Sciences Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:54:58 EDT news262965095