Nepotism is the act of favoring ones relatives in regard to any matter that one has influence over either directly or indirectly.
In labor, nepotism occurs when one favors his relatives in regardless of merit when offering employment opportunities. Budd, John W. (2004) argues anti- nepotism policies were adopted to stop this action and offer a fair chance to every individual. However, nepotism is not only on employment opportunities, it occurs also when one gets certain favors because a relative has indirect influence in a certain matter e.g. the owner of a certain business is a friend to the father of the job seeker. ...