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A need to “veto” the “vett” in cybervetting to prevent DEI efforts from DIEing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 September 2022

Aditya Simha*
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Gordon B. Schmidt
Affiliation:
University of Louisiana Monroe
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*Corresponding author. Email: simhaa@uww.edu

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