BUSINESSPERSON

A 'businessperson' is a generic term for someone who is employed at a, usually, 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 sexism and to avoid unnecessarily perpetuating stereotypes if used generically.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} Sexist Language Persists in the EFL Classroom, , Chantelle, Ferguson, English Teaching Forum, ^[6][7]
The terms ''businessman'' or ''businesswoman'' are sometimes used for gender specificity.^[8][9] However, the term ''businessperson'', with the "-person" suffix, is noted to be more commonly used today than in the past.^[10][11][12]

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See also

★ Business magnate

★ Entrepreneur

★ Financier

★ Industrialist

★ List of corporate leaders

★ Gender-neutral language

References

1. Sensitive Language Random House
2. Communications & Public Relations Malaspina University-College
3. University of Windsor - Employment Equity - Language Equity Guide University of Windsor
4. Messaging Standards > Editorial Style Guide Northeastern University
5. Capilano College Style Guide Capilano College
6. Gender Mainstreaming Guidelines for UNDP Moldova Vaileanu, Cristina
7. Non-discriminatory language AusInfo
8. Style Manual for Lafayette College University of Windsor
9. § 23. -man compounds. 5. Gender. The American Heritage Book of English Usage. 1996 The American Heritage Book of English Usage
10. -person Random House, Inc.
11. -man Random House, Inc.
12. -woman Random House, Inc.