The author reviewed the research on the impact of cognitive biases on professionals'
decision-making in four occupational areas (management, finance, medicine, and law). Two …

Since the passage of the Civil Rights Act, virtually all companies have antidiscrimination
policies in place. Although these policies represent some progress, women and minorities …

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criminal and civil juries have been criticized as incompetent, biased, and irresponsible. For …

In recent years, a number of studies have demonstrated that forensic examiners can be
biased by task‐irrelevant contextual information. However, concerns relating to …

In a 1950s social psychology experiment, students from two Ivy League colleges were
instructed to evaluate a series of controversial officiating calls made during a football game …

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associated with jurisprudence and legal theory. Scholars in this flourishing movement …

This article provides a new account of employers' advantages over employees in federal
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