14th April 2009, 03:01 PM
Indeed it is... however, what is your definition of fit? Where can I find criteria that says this person is fit...? it is indeed a relative condition... so can it be a criteria for selection? Would a person in a wheelchair be desribed as fit and healthy? what about colour blind? bad knee? bad back? where is the line drawn? It should be (as Prof. Tim Phillips from Reading puts it... archaeology can be accessible.. fieldwork can be accessible... only it becomes an issue when people place their own subjective and relative views onto it.
Would you expect to see that in adverts from now on?
Diggers... must be fit.
Project Officers, must be able to write
Consultants... must be able to climb stairs
THe question is whether that is part of the selection process - where you discriminate based on a series of assumptions? After all... who would expect a disabled person to be fit and able..?
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please read: http://www.scribd.com/doc/11108039/Leaflet
"Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage."
Niccolo Machiavelli
Would you expect to see that in adverts from now on?
Diggers... must be fit.
Project Officers, must be able to write
Consultants... must be able to climb stairs
THe question is whether that is part of the selection process - where you discriminate based on a series of assumptions? After all... who would expect a disabled person to be fit and able..?
[img] http://www.trendhunter.com/images/phpthu...1_230.jpeg [/img]
please read: http://www.scribd.com/doc/11108039/Leaflet
"Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage."
Niccolo Machiavelli