- Businessperson
Word use
Businessperson is sometimes used in place of the words businessman or businesswoman to avoid
sexism and to avoid unnecessarily perpetuating stereotypes if used generically.cite web | author=Random House | year=2005 | title=Sensitive Language | url=http://www.randomhouse.com/words/language/avoid_guide.html | work= [http://www.randomhouse.com/ Random House, Inc.] | accessdate=11 December | accessyear=2006] cite web | author=Malaspina University-College | year=2005 | title=Communications & Public Relations | url=http://www.mala.ca/media/styleguide.asp | work= [http://www.mala.ca/media/ Malaspina University-College Communications & Public Relations] | accessdate=7 January | accessyear=2007] cite web | author=University of Windsor | year=1993 | title=University of Windsor - Employment Equity - Language Equity Guide | url=http://www.uwindsor.ca/units/hr/cequity.nsf/SubCategoryFlyOut/DB5088C1C8D4C40C852568F7006D3EF9 | work= [http://www.uwindsor.ca/units/hr/cequity.nsf/ University of Windsor Employment Equity Office] | accessdate=7 January | accessyear=2007] cite web | author=Northeastern University | year=2007 | title=Messaging Standards > Editorial Style Guide | url=http://www.northeastern.edu/toolkit/messaging/style4.html | work= [http://www.northeastern.edu/toolkit/overview.html Northeastern University] | accessdate=7 January | accessyear=2007] cite web | author=Capilano College | year=2006 | title=Capilano College Style Guide | url=http://dynamic.capcollege.bc.ca/Asset32214.aspx?method=1
work= [http://capcollege.bc.ca/Home.html Capilano College] | accessdate=7 January | accessyear=2007] cite journal | last=Ferguson | first=Chantelle | title=Sexist Language Persists in the EFL Classroom | journal=English Teaching Forum | volume=42 | issue=1 |month=January | year=2004 | pages=36–41 | url=http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol42/no1/p36.pdf | accessdate=7 January | accessyear=2007|format=PDF] cite web | author=Vaileanu, Cristina | year=2006 | title=Gender Mainstreaming Guidelines for UNDP Moldova | url=http://undp.md/publications/doc/gender_manual.pdf1
work= [http://undp.md/publications/ United Nations Development Program, Republic of Moldova] | accessdate=7 January | accessyear=2007] cite web | author=AusInfo | year=2001 | title=Non-discriminatory language | url=http://www.bne.marine.csiro.au/TCSE/Style%20Manual/chp8.pdf
work= [http://www.finance.gov.au/ Australian Government Department of Finance and Administration ] | accessdate=7 January | accessyear=2007|format=PDF]The terms "businessman" or "businesswoman" are sometimes used for gender specificity.cite web | author=University of Windsor | year=2003 | title=Style Manual for Lafayette College | url=http://www.lafayette.edu/community/styleguide/c6.html| work= [http://www.lafayette.edu/community/styleguide/style_guide.html Lafayette College, Office of Public Information] | accessdate=7 January | accessyear=2007] cite web | author=The American Heritage Book of English Usage | year=1996 | title= 23. -man compounds. 5. Gender. The American Heritage Book of English Usage. 1996 | url=http://www.bartleby.com/64/C005/023.html| work= [http://www.bartleby.com/ Bartleby.com] | accessdate=7 January | accessyear=2007] However, the term "businessperson", with the "-person" suffix, is noted to be more commonly used today than in the past (when it was never used).cite web | author=Random House, Inc. | year=2006 | title=-person | url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/-person | work= [http://www.dictionary.com/ Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1).] | accessdate=29 May | accessyear=2007] cite web | author=Random House, Inc. | year=2006 | title=-man | url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/-man | work= [http://www.dictionary.com/ Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1).] | accessdate=29 May | accessyear=2007] cite web | author=Random House, Inc. | year=2006 | title=-woman | url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/-woman | work= [http://www.dictionary.com/ Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1).] | accessdate=29 May | accessyear=2007]
Dress code
:" Further information:
Social aspects of clothing andBusiness attire Male businesspeople typically wear standard
business attire consisting of asuit with collar shirt andnecktie . However, this may vary among companies and often depends on local business culture. In some countries, especially in Western countries like the U.S.,business casual is appropriate for businessmen to wear and neckties can be left out. In several other countries, however, notably manyEast Asian countries, businessmen are more formally dressed and wear conservative suits with a necktie.Female businesspeople's apparel has gone over many changes. Dresses and suits are in the norm today.
ee also
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Business magnate
*Entrepreneur
*Financier
*Industrialist
*List of corporate leaders
*Gender-neutral languageReferences
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