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Against Credentialism
- 1.0565226 - FLÚ 2023 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Parr, T. - Theofilopoulou, Areti
Against Credentialism.
Journal of Ethics. Roč. 26, č. 4 (2022), s. 639-659. ISSN 1382-4554. E-ISSN 1572-8609
Grant - others:AV ČR(CZ) LQ300092001
Program: Prémie Lumina quaeruntur
Institutional support: RVO:67985955
Keywords : credentialism * discrimination * egalitarianism * labour markets
OECD category: Ethics (except ethics related to specific subfields)
Impact factor: 0.9, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Limited access
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10892-022-09408-3
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.
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0336996
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