Businessperson

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A businessperson is a generic term for someone who is employed at a profit-oriented enterprise, or more specifically, someone who is involved in the management (at any level) of a company. The term businessperson almost always refers to someone with a "white collar" occupation.

Businessperson is used in place of the words businessman or businesswoman to avoid discrimination based on sex (otherwise known as sexism) and to avoid unnecessarily perpetuating stereotypes if used generically.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

In colloquial Western speech, the terms businessman or businesswoman are sometimes used for gender specificity.[10][11]

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  2. ^ Malaspina University-College (2005). Communications & Public Relations. Malaspina University-College Communications & Public Relations. Retrieved on January 7, 2007.
  3. ^ University of Windsor (1993). University of Windsor - Employment Equity - Language Equity Guide. University of Windsor Employment Equity Office. Retrieved on January 7, 2007.
  4. ^ Northeastern University (2007). Messaging Standards > Editorial Style Guide. Northeastern University. Retrieved on January 7, 2007.
  5. ^ Capilano College (2006). Capilano College Style Guide. Capilano College. Retrieved on January 7, 2007.
  6. ^ Ferguson, Chantelle (January 2004). "Sexist Language Persists in the EFL Classroom". English Teaching Forum 42 (1): 36-41. Retrieved on 7 January 2007. 
  7. ^ White, Sharon (2006). How Gender Determines our Language. EzineArticles.com. Retrieved on January 7, 2007.
  8. ^ Vaileanu, Cristina (2006). Gender Mainstreaming Guidelines for UNDP Moldova. United Nations Development Program, Republic of Moldova. Retrieved on January 7, 2007.
  9. ^ AusInfo (2001). Non-discriminatory language. Australian Government Department of Finance and Administration . Retrieved on January 7, 2007.
  10. ^ University of Windsor (2003). Style Manual for Lafayette College. Lafayette College, Office of Public Information. Retrieved on January 7, 2007.
  11. ^ The American Heritage Book of English Usage (1996). § 23. -man compounds. 5. Gender. The American Heritage Book of English Usage. 1996. Bartleby.com. Retrieved on January 7, 2007.
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