American idealism: level playing fields
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The metaphor 'level playing field' is seen in all areas of American life and owe its popularity to its connotation of fairness and wish for the best competitor to win. Government has the most generally recognized authority to make a playing field more level. Level playing fields are not necessarily created by conservative or liberal governments although both sides have used the metaphor. The metaphor arises from a market-driven system in which competition and equal opportunity are valued but eventually conflict, with the government mediating this conflict. This metaphor seems peculiarly American and generally applicable despite all its ambiguities.
Publication Name: Business and Society Review
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0045-3609
Year: 1996
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American firms lash out at foreign tongues
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The US has large numbers of relatively recent immigrants who are not yet fluent in English or are fluent but prefer to use their native language for informal conversations. Forcing them to comply with an English-only policy is a form of race discrimination. This problem can take the more subtle form of accent discrimination such as denying people with foreign accents jobs or promotions. EEOC guidelines state that English-only policies violate the Civil Rights Act.
Publication Name: Business and Society Review
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0045-3609
Year: 1992
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A new social contract for the American worker
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Global competition, technological innovations and deregulation have caused the collapse of the social contract governing the American workplace since World War II. No longer can workers count on job security in return for acceptable effort. Corporate management should take the lead in developing a new social contract but workers of all levels should be involved. Business leading the restructuring effort reduces the chance that government will step in.
Publication Name: Business and Society Review
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0045-3609
Year: 1996
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