Stigma and employ ability: discrimination by sex and sexual orientation in the Ontario legal profession*

Des résumés identiques, differencés seulement par le sexe et l'orientation sexuelle, étaient énvoyés pour postuler un contrat d'apprentissage chez les firmes des avocats en Ontario. La réponse démontre l'existence de la discrimination par le sexe et l'orientation sexuelle dans le métier de droit de l'Ontario. Les implications pour l'administration de la justice au Canada sont explorées. Identical resumés, differentiated only by sex and sexual orientation, were mailed to Ontario law firms, in application for an articling position. The response demonstrates the existence of discrimination by sex and sexual orientation in the Ontario legal profession. Implications for the administration of justice in Canada are explored.     

COMMUNICATING IN THE POM CLASS: AN AUTHOR'S PERSPECTIVE

The author, who has written nine textbooks in 26 editions over the past two decades, discusses his ideas of how to bring a production and operations management course alive. He introduces a model that ties together the use of text with both ancillary materials that accompany that book as well as with other tools available independent of the text. Some of these tools are technology driven (e.g., CD ROMS and the Internet), while others bring real business exposure to the course (e.g., field study consultancies, guest speakers, and plant tours).     

Presbyterian Social Ties and Mobility in the Irish Sea Culture Area, 1610–1690

Abstract  While most scholars recognize the relationship between the Scottish Kirk and the establishment of Ulster and Irish Presbyterianism in the seventeenth-century, few studies have examined the specific institutional and social ties, including the communities of the imagination, of the ministers who served in Ireland during that time. Moreover, few studies have considered the reverse flow of ministers to Scotland from Ireland and how their experiences in Ulster (the nine northern-most counties in Ireland) impacted the political landscape in south-western Scotland. This study addresses those voids in the literature.     

STANDARDS: IMPLICIT, EXPLICIT AND MANDATORY

This paper presents evidence on the adoptions by local building commissions of four standards produced by industry groups. It is shown that at least three of the four provisions induce anticipatable income redistributions. It is suggested that these transfers are largely the result of quasi-rents being earned in the post-building code market adjustment period.     

LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: AN ADVANCED DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR THE FOURTH DECISION TIER DISPATCH OR SHORT-INTERVAL SCHEDULING

The Logistics Management System (LMS) is a real-time transaction-based system combining decision technologies from AI, MS/OR, and decision support system that serves very successfully as a dispatcher or short-interval scheduler by monitoring and controlling the manufacturing flow of IBM's semiconductor facility near Burlington, Vermont. LMS coordinates the actions and decisions of several logically isolated participants in a serially dependent system of activities. Therefore, it balances the requirements of several goals (cycle time, output, serviceability, and inventory management) that compete for the same resource, exploits emerging opportunities on the manufacturing floor, and reduces the distortion from unplanned events. This paper provides an overview of the LMS application, the concept of interrelated decision tiers in manufacturing decision making, and the need for the dispatch decision tier to successfully reduce apparent randomness. Historically, production and operations management has ignored this decision tier. This has significantly limited our ability to make an impact on the performance of the manufacturing operation.