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- Coping with Chaos - and scientific fraud
A leading psychology researcher is judged to have committed fraud on a massive scale (over 30 papers retracted).
- Doing science while black
Edward J. Smith. Working life. Science 30 September 2016;353(6307):1586. "A few years after becoming a professor, for example, I went to a social event at a societ meeting with an international, multiracial group of colleagues. I was the only black researcher among them. When we walked into the room, the crowd fell completely silent, apparently uncomfortable with my presence.... The next year, as I was starting a sabbatical in a lab at another institution, I asked one of the researchers in the group whether the PI was in. 'Are you delivering a package?' he asked. 'I can pass it on to him.'"
- John Graham et al. A corporate beauty contest
A Corporate Beauty Contest
John R. Graham, Campbell R. Harvey, Manju Puri]
NBER Working Paper No. 15906, April 2010
Abstract:
"We conduct beauty contest experiments, using close to 2,000 subjects to study the facial traits of CEOs. In one experiment we use pairs of photographs and find that subjects rate CEO faces as appearing more “competent” and less “likable” than non-CEO faces. Another experiment matches CEOs from large firms against CEOs from smaller firms and finds large-firm CEOs look more competent and likable. In a third experiment, subjects numerically rate the facial traits of CEOs. We find that executive compensation is linked to these perceived “competence” ratings. Our analysis explores these findings in more detail and shows that the facial-trait rating can be explained by a quantitative scoring of the “maturity” or “baby-facedness” of the CEO. That is, more mature looking CEOs are assigned higher “competence” scores. This finding is potentially worrisome because psychology research shows that baby-faced-looking people often possess qualities opposite to those projected by their facial traits. Accordingly, we find no evidence that the firms of competent looking CEOs perform better. Essentially, the "look" of competence says very little about effective competence."
- Laurie McNeil, UNC hiring practices
From the UNC Search Committee training, www.unc.edu/depts/eooada/sct/
- Poll finds a majority of white Americans say discrimination against whites exists in America today
From the series“Discrimination in America”. Based on a survey conducted for National Public Radio, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
- Stereotyping across intersections of race and age: Racial stereotyping among White adults working with children
Naomi Priest, Natalie Slopen, Susan Woolford, Jeny Tony Philip, Dianne Singer, Anna Daly Kauffman, Kathryn Mosely, Matthew Davis, Yusuf Ransome, David Williams. PLOS One. Published: September 12, 2018 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201696 Abstract: This study examined the prevalence of racial/ethnic stereotypes among White adults who work or volunteer with children, and whether stereotyping of racial/ethnic groups varied towards different age groups. Participants were 1022 White adults who volunteer and/or work with children in the United States who completed a cross-sectional, online survey. Results indicate high proportions of adults who work or volunteer with children endorsed negative stereotypes towards Blacks and other ethnic minorities. Respondents were most likely to endorse negative stereotypes towards Blacks, and least likely towards Asians (relative to Whites). Moreover, endorsement of negative stereotypes by race was moderated by target age. Stereotypes were often lower towards young children but higher towards teens. Summary at https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/substantial-racial-stereotyping-toward-young-children-of-color-found-among-white-adults-who-work-with-them/
- Weight bias and obesity stigma: considerations for the WHO European Region
Weight bias is defined as negative attitudes towards, and beliefs about, others because of their weight.1 These negative attitudes are manifested by stereotypes and/or prejudice towards people with overweight and obesity. Prepared for the WHO Regional Office for Europe by Ximena Ramos Salas, with additional input from Jo Jewell and João Breda. The technical review on issues relating to gender, equity and rights was provided by Åsa Nihlén and Isabel Yordi, also of the WHO Regional Office for Europe.