Xerox Settles Sales Commissions Practice Lawsuit
NORWALK, Conn., April 10, 2008 — Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) and representatives of a class of current and former African-American sales…
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Discrimination is the prejudicial or distinguishing treatment of an individual based on his or her membership – or perceived membership – in a certain group or category. It involves the group’s initial reaction or interaction, influencing the individual’s actual behavior towards the group or the group leader, restricting members of one group from opportunities or privileges that are available to another group, leading to the exclusion of the individual or entities based on logical or irrational decision making.
Discriminatory traditions, policies, ideas, practices, and laws exist in many countries and institutions in every part of the world. In some places, controversial attempts such as racial quotas have been used to redress negative effects of discrimination—but have sometimes been called reverse discrimination themselves.
The term “discrimination” began to be used as an expression of derogatory racial prejudice in the 1830s from Thomas D. Rice’s performances as “Jim Crow”. Since…
NORWALK, Conn., April 10, 2008 — Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) and representatives of a class of current and former African-American sales…