Supervisors focused on others' needs get 'benefit of the doubt' from employees
Like beauty, fairness is in the eye of the beholder.
Economics & Business
Apr 26, 2021
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News tagged with fairness
What studying children's attitudes can tell us about gender‑based pay inequity
Children as young as five recognize the unfairness of gender-based pay inequality and appear willing to incur a personal cost to ensure both boys and girls are paid equitably, according to a new study by a Dalhousie researcher.
Social Sciences
Feb 19, 2021
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For children, charity is about more than money
The proportion of people giving money to charity either by donating or via sponsorship saw a steady decline between 2016 and 2018. Some commentators suggest this is due to a decrease in donor trust in charities, and the latest ...
Social Sciences
Jun 17, 2019
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Geoscience data group urges all scientific disciplines to make data open and accessible
Institutions, science funders, data repositories, publishers, researchers and scientific societies from all scientific disciplines must work together to ensure all scientific data are easy to find, access and use, according ...
Social Sciences
Jun 4, 2019
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Fair Isle Bird Observatory—Watching the birdwatchers
Note: This post was scheduled just as news came in that the Fair Isle Bird Observatory had been destroyed by fire on Sunday, 10th March 2019). Thankfully, nobody was injured in the fire. Plans are already afoot to rebuild, ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 11, 2019
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Underdog phone makers try to escape shadow of giants at top fair
Vestel, Noa, Lesia... you have probably never heard of these smartphone brands but they are all taking part in the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the mobile industry's biggest annual global event.
Telecom
Feb 28, 2019
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Ancient people in the high-latitude Arctic had well-developed trade
Russian scientists have studied the Zhokhov site of an ancient population, which is located in the high-latitude Arctic. They have described in detail the way of life of the ancient people who lived there. Despite the area's ...
Archaeology
Feb 25, 2019
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Biased algorithms: here's a more radical approach to creating fairness
Our lives are increasingly affected by algorithms. People may be denied loans, jobs, insurance policies, or even parole on the basis of risk scores that they produce.
Machine learning & AI
Jan 21, 2019
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Minority homebuyers face widespread statistical lending discrimination
Face-to-face meetings between mortgage officers and homebuyers have been rapidly replaced by online applications and algorithms, but lending discrimination hasn't gone away.
Social Sciences
Nov 15, 2018
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Can your actions really save the planet? 'Planetary accounting' has the answer
The climate is changing before our eyes. News articles about imminent species extinctions have become the norm. Images of oceans full of plastic are littering social media. These issues are made even more daunting by the ...
Environment
Oct 25, 2018
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