Equal opportunity
STATE OF FAIRNESS IN WHICH INDIVIDUALS ARE ALL TREATED THE SAME (WITH JUSTIFIED EXCEPTIONS)
Equal Employment; Equal employment; Equal opportunities; Equality of opportunity; Material equality; Equal opportunity employer; Equality of treatment; M/F/D/V; Male/Female/Disabled/Veteran; Equal Opportunity; Equal treatment; Equality of opportunities; Equal opportunity employers; Equal Opportunity Employer; Equal-opportunity; Fair equality of opportunity; Economic fairness; M/f/d
Equal opportunity is a state of fairness in which individuals are treated similarly, unhampered by artificial barriers, prejudices, or preferences, except when particular distinctions can be explicitly justified. The intent is that the important jobs in an organization should go to the people who are most qualified – persons most likely to perform ably in a given task – and not go to persons for reasons deemed arbitrary or irrelevant, such as circumstances of birth, upbringing, having well-connected relatives or friends, religion, sex, ethnicity, race, caste, or involuntary personal attributes such as disability, age, gender identity, or sexual orientation.