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Equal Opportunity — Lip Service or Reality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2015

Margaret Barlow
Margaret Barlow*
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Kersbrook SA
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It would be reasonable to assume that today's business managers are aware of the ethical and legal obligations they have with regard to discrimination and harassment. Anyone acting in a management position should realise that organisation are ‘subject to increasingly frequent lawsuits by a growing variety of groups, ranging from employees to clients’ (Robbins, 1991:85). The wise manager will, therefore, utilise the competencies of qualified human resource and legal practitioners to constantly review procedures in areas vulnerable to litigation.

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Section C: Research
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The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education , Volume 26 , Issue 1 , July 1998 , pp. 12 - 17
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1998

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