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Ethics concerning physical attractiveness phenomenon
Patzer, Gordon
Patzer, Gordon
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Management strategy for businesses and not-for-profit organizations can benefit from application of knowledge generated by scientifically credible research; which academicians conduct, present at professional conferences, and publish in scholarly journals. A hypothesis that merits substantial study regards the question, whether management strategies of real-world organizations of all types utilize enough of the knowledge produced by academic researchers? Consider physical attractiveness phenomenon. First, it is legal to differentiate/discriminate based on a person's physical attractiveness, if related actions do not conflict with personal factors protected by federal law. Second, physical attractiveness exerts significant impact throughout a country's population and throughout a person's life, whether fundamentally defined as how pleasing someone or something looks or operationally defined in research terms of respective variance, standard deviation, and mean values. Accordingly, it is one dimension of a person’s appearance with influence far greater than usually recognized or admitted. Findings from scientifically credible research conducted in convincing quantity and quality, published in respected, diverse, scholarly journals, recurrently document its impact and influence. Bottom line finances indicate that utilizing research knowledge concerning physical attractiveness phenomenon is advantageous. But ethical issues arise. To do so can be problematic. Despite this particular knowledge generated by solid scientific research, the realities discomfort many. And, codes of ethics generally rule out actions that cause mental harm. Also, inflammatory opposition can arise from some customers, some potential customers, and some members of the public.
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2011-01
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