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This paper examines moral issues concerning a firm's use of genetic information about a prospective employee's predisposition to contract occupational and other illnesses. It critically reviews leading social construction literature on genetic abnormality and genetic screening, and it examines the relevance of arguments from justice and meritocratic principles. It concludes that there is a strong moral presumption against genetic screening in employment.
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Alan Strudler is Research Scholar at the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy at the University of Maryland, College Park. He has taught philosophy at Stanford University and California Institute of Technology. His recent writing on professional and corporate responsibility appears inMichigan Law Review andLaw and Philosophy.
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Strudler, A. The social construction of genetic abnormality: Ethical implications for managerial decisions in the workplace. J Bus Ethics 13, 839–848 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00871697
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00871697