COMMERCE 2MA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Stereotype, Canadian Human Rights Act, Reverse Onus
14 Nov 2018
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Discrimination: treating a person differently or adversely for no valid reason. Stereotyping: judging one person of a group and applying tat judgment to all group members. Prejudice: an opinion or judgment, especially an unfavourable one, based on irrelevant consideration or inadequate knowledge. Human rights: the rights of an individual that are considered basic to life in any human society, including the right to religious freedom and equality of opportunity; when such rights require protection, intervention by the state is necessary. Internment: confinement, such as in wartime, when a country forces people considered enemies to live in a special area or camp. Balance of probabilities: the basis of greater likelihood; the degree of proof in civil law, in comparison with proof beyond a reasonable doubt in criminal law. Undue hardship: the result of a change that would affect the economic viability of an employer or produce a substantial health or safety rick that outweighs the benefit of accommodating someone.
