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Privatizing Gay Rights with Non-discrimination Promises Instead of Policies

Ian Ayres, Yale Law School
Jennifer Gerarda Brown, Quinnipiac University School of Law

Abstract

Firms that are committed to employment equality for gay and lesbian workers don't need to wait for state or federal legislation. A little-known type of intellectual property can allow individual corporations to privately opt into non-discrimination duties. We see this as a potential model for other civil rights or policy implementation.

Suggested Citation

Ian Ayres and Jennifer Gerarda Brown. "Privatizing Gay Rights with Non-discrimination Promises Instead of Policies" The Economists' Voice 2.2 (2007).
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/ian_ayres/7