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Understand, address claims of retaliation to reduce risk and take necessary action
Author(s) -
Porter Michael
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
campus legal advisor
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-6239
pISSN - 1531-3999
DOI - 10.1002/cala.30550
Subject(s) - institution , action (physics) , actuarial science , social psychology , psychology , criminology , law and economics , business , risk analysis (engineering) , computer security , public relations , political science , sociology , law , computer science , physics , quantum mechanics
Retaliation claims are often raised when discrimination based on protected status isn't a viable claim. When an institution of higher education has to take action against a student, an employee, or even a community member, the institution often evaluates whether the action could be viewed as (or is) discriminatory based on a person's immutable characteristics.