...Implementing Affirmative Action | Week 1, Assignment | HRM 240 | Affirmative action is not only a way to diversify a company, but also a way to give and equal right to all races to show the potential that the mind holds, not only the color of the skin. There are many benefits to companies who implement affirmative action as long as the right steps are taken to maintain the goal for the company, and not only to be done to give a better look to the company for the consumer’s point of view. There may be some resistance from large companies because of past attempts of other companies, or things they may be afraid will happen. Luckily, there is preventative planning that can happen in order to keep those things from happing. First, the benefits for the company can be good for their business from the outside, and a beneficial help from the inside. The steps needed in order to implement affirmative action would be to first devise a plan, and to put one main person in charge of that plan. There needs to be written commitment to the plan from the company, showing they are willing and agreeing to the commitment of affirmative action. Next, the company needs to review their current standings to all minorities and women working throughout the company in order to see where work may need to be done or where their company can be improved. It’s important to devise a plan and timeline for the affirmative action, to maintain that there are goals set for the end of the process. One of...
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...Individual Writing Assignment: Affirmative Action Affirmative action is referred to as a deliberate effort to provide full and equal opportunities in employment, education, and other areas for women, minorities, and individuals belonging to other traditionally disadvantaged groups. As an issue in today’s society, affirmative action requires corporations, universities, and other organizations to establish programs designed to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly. It also places a burden of proof on the providers of opportunities to demonstrate that their granting of opportunities to white males is not discriminatory. To some extent, I do think slavery produced benefits for whites indirectly and passively. This happened through the process of human capital formation (20/20). Slaves made it possible for many whites to go into more rewarding occupations, gain increased skills, and to generate greater lifetime earnings for themselves and their descendants. After slavery, exclusions and discrimination allowed millions of Americans and immigrants to enter occupations with greater projections. In these ways, racism generated income and wealth that continues to appear in present-day recipients. Although discrimination still exists in the workplace today, I do think that it has a much less presence because of the implementation of affirmative action programs. Quite recently, there have been numerous debates regarding whether or not reparations for affirmative action programs should...
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...PSY 110 WK 8 ASSIGNMENT 2 ANALYZING A MAJOR ISSUE To purchase this visit here: http://www.activitymode.com/psy-110-wk-8-assignment-2-analyzing-a-major-issue/ Contact us at: SUPPORT@ACTIVITYMODE.COM PSY 110 WK 8 ASSIGNMENT 2 ANALYZING A MAJOR ISSUE PSY 110 WK 8 Assignment 2 - Analyzing a Major Issue Before starting the paper: 1. Review the major concepts of social psychology in the textbook. 2. Select a topic from the list. a) Affirmative Action (may focus on affirmative action for racial or minorities, gender, or sexual orientation) b) Bullying (may focus on school bullying or cyberbullying) c) Violence in the media d) Development and influence of gangs e) Hate crimes against gays or other minorities f) Domestic violence (may focus on married couples or dating couples) 3. Locate and read at least three (3) peer reviewed articles on the issue in the Strayer Library. o At least one (1) article should discuss the historical event(s) or legal decision(s) that make the issue a major one in the United States. o Two (2) of the articles should have different views about causes, effects, and ways to address the issue. Write a five to seven (5-7) page paper (1,000 to 1,200 words) in which you: 1. Provide an introduction to the paper with a thesis statement. 2. Describe at least three (3) key historical events and / or legal decisions that make the issue a major or important one in the U.S. Activity Mode aims to provide quality study notes and tutorials to...
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...Assignment: EEO The United States Constitution claims that all citizens have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Although most Americans agree with this, under past employment policies by both small and large corporations, many recognized minority groups were being heavily discriminated against. Individual’s civil liberties were being violated based on their race, sex, age, disability, etc. Over the last 50 plus years, thousands of court cases, some reaching as far as the Supreme Court, have brought about change for employee’s equal rights. One precedential Supreme Court case in particular, Griggs v Duke Power Company, has created major changes in corporate hiring and promoting policies. Willie Griggs applied for a position as a coal handler with Duke Power. Griggs was denied the position because he did not have a high school diploma or an equivalent, which is a requirement. Griggs argued that the requirement was discriminatory because it did not relate to job success and because the standard had an adverse impact on a protected class. The Supreme Court ruling in favor of Griggs established two important principles affecting equal employment opportunity. The first ruled that employer discrimination need not be overt or intentional to be present, but employment practices can be illegal even when applied equally to all employees. The second principle established that employment practices must be job related. In other words, when employees use education...
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...Administrative Regulation Week 2 Assignment Nicole Alexander 1. Department of Labor: Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs http://www.regulations.gov/search/Regs/contentStreamer?objectId=0900006480273667&disposition=attachment&contentType=html My father is a 22-year veteran of the United States Army. He was considered 40% disabled because of injuries and trauma sustained during his military career (including two tours in Vietnam) upon his discharge. (Currently he is considered 90% disabled). He also became a government procurement director after his discharge and worked in the arena of assisting other veterans who owned their own businesses attain state and federal contracts. 2. The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs published a new set of regulations to implement the amendments to the affirmative action provisions of the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974(``VEVRAA'') that were made by the Jobs for Veterans Act (JVA) enacted in 2002. These amendments addressed three areas: a. Raised the threshold dollar amount of the Government contracts that are subject to the affirmative action provisions of VEVRAA b. Changed the categories of veterans protected by the law c. Changed the manner in which the mandatory job listing requirement is to be implemented 3. My comment on the proposal: d. I am writing to support the current proposal changing the category of veteran protection in the...
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...Presentation Assignment—Persuasive Presentation Note: To complete this assignment, you will need a microphone for your computer. If you don’t have one, you may need to purchase one. You should be able to get a fairly inexpensive one at an electronics store. Background Former Chrysler CEO Lee Iacocca said, "You can have exceptional ideas, but if you can't communicate them, it's as if you have no ideas at all." So far we have been focusing on written communication, but oral communication is just as important in many work situations. Both informative and persuasive presentations are very important in the workplace, but the presentation that you will do in this course is a persuasive presentation. That is, you will imagine a particular audience and a particular workplace situation in which you would need to convince that audience to take a particular action. Assignment You will imagine a particular audience and a particular workplace situation in which you would need to convince that audience to take a particular action. Choose one of the topics listed below, and then develop and deliver a persuasive presentation that is about 8–10 minutes long using a PowerPoint presentation. Imagine a situation in which you would need to persuade a particular workplace audience to take a particular position or action in relation to this topic. For example, if you choose affirmative action, your presentation would not simply explain what affirmative action is; that would...
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...BUSINESS ETHICS MODULE 6 M6 - ORIGINAL ASSIGNMENT Question: For over two hundred years, white males have been the most powerful group in the United States. Through economic exclusions, enforced by laws and reinforced by deep cultural attitudes, there has existed, in effect, a preferential hiring program for white males. In light of that historical reality and the dynamics that remain in our culture, evaluate the contemporary strategy of affirmative action for minorities to bring about more fairness in hiring and promotion practices. Draw heavily from the assigned readings and then explain and defend your arguments concerning affirmative action and "reverse discrimination." The fact that we are still talking about job discrimination, in the 21 century is really a sad thing. We have made amazing strides in all fields of science and medicine, we have the capability of having AI (artificial intelligence) and the ability to reach out and touch someone across continents in a matter of seconds via the internet. Yet, as a human race we have done very poorly in treating our fellow human with the dignity and respect we expect to be treated ourselves in return. If we were to do as Kant said, to treat “their ends as our end," we would all be treating each other impartially, (Shaw and Barry, 2013, pg. 90). But, since we are not, we are still having this dialogue. Affirmative action was brought upon by necessity. It was adopted in order to shift the balance toward neutrality...
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...Critique of ADA and Affirmative Action BSHS/422 Critique of ADA and Affirmative Action Paper Discrimination in the workplace has been an issue for as long as I can remember. Although the Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbids employers from discriminating against individuals because of their race, sex, age, and/or disability, many employers still exhibited this type of behavior during the hiring process. President Lyndon B. Johnson enacted an executive order that required government employers to not use hiring practices that exhibited discrimination in 1965. The American Disabilities Act (ADA) was put into place years later to protect those with disabilities. All of these were efforts to promote equality in the workplace, among other places; although the laws may protect certain individuals from discrimination, others may be discriminated against as a result. The paper’s intent is to provide insight regarding my feelings towards the American Disabilities Act (ADA) and Affirmative Action. What is sometimes meant for good can also result in something bad. American Disabilities Act (ADA) President George H.W. Bush signed the American Disabilities Act (also referred to as ADA) in 1990. The ADA intended purpose was to protect those with disabilities from discrimination in transportation, employment, communication, and different cultural opportunities. Under this law, employers are forbid to discriminate in many different areas such as hiring, lay-offs, and job assignments because of one’s...
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...GENDER-BASED AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND REVERSE GENDER BIAS: BEYOND GRATZ, PARENTS INVOLVED, AND RICCI ROSALIE BERGER LEVINSON* I. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II. History Behind the Affirmative Action Race/Gender Anomaly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . III. The Circuit Split on the Race/Gender Conundrum . . . . . . . . . IV. Analogy to Race-Based Affirmative Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A. Remedial Purpose as a Justification for Affirmative Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B. The Diversity Rationale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. The Arguments Against Affirmative Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . V. Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I. INTRODUCTION The blockbuster race discrimination cases in recent years have all involved affirmative action and reverse discrimination. The Supreme Court has made it clear that race classifications, whether benign or invidious, will trigger rigid strict scrutiny analysis, which requires that the government prove its program is narrowly tailored to serve a compelling interest. In 2003, the Court, in Gratz v. Bollinger,1 ruled that while student diversity in educational institutions may be a compelling interest, an affirmative action program that...
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...Legal Compliance: “Xerox” By Kenneth Edwards Dr. Ed HRM530 October 30, 2011 Introduction The purpose of this assignment is to discuss the strategies that Xerox should implement to achieve legal compliance in the hiring process as it relates to the acquisition on feminine human resources. Additionally, discrimination in the workplace will be evaluated and discussed. Discuss how human resource professionals can ensure that top organizational leaders encourage managers and employees to follow laws and guidelines. Often Human Resources (HR) wants only to educate. By providing corporate leadership with a working knowledge of how to abiding by the federal laws will only cause them to understand what they need to do, but not why they need to do it. A better approach is to modify the prior one. Expressing compliance in dollars and sense will stimulate compliance. Showing them how much money can be lost in litigation for failing to comply puts a tangible value on acquiescence. Once HR has the buy in of leadership, the next step is to educate the employees who will be engaged in the process providing them with the same information previously given to the higher-ups. “Identify appropriate managers with sufficient authority to assure that effective equal employment opportunity and affirmative action plans, programs and practices are developed and implemented, and measured at least annually” (“Fair employment practices,” 2000). Having executive...
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... Help Wanted Ads Selection Standards Educational Requirements Tests Preference to Relatives Height, Weight, and Physical Characteristics Arrest Records Application Forms Discharge Due to Garnishment Sample Discriminatory Promotion, Transfer, & Layoff Practices Personal Appearance Regulations and Title VII The EEOC Enforcement Process Voluntary Mediation Mandatory Arbitration of Discrimination Claims Diversity Management Potential Threats to Diversity Some Diversity Benefits Managing Diversity Implementing the Affirmative Action Program Reverse Discrimination In Brief: This chapter gives a history of equal opportunity legislation, outlines defenses against discrimination allegations, gives examples of discriminatory practices, describes the EEOC enforcement process, and suggests proactive programs. Interesting Issues: Affirmative action...
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...Affirmative action is a practice that is intended to promote opportunities for the “protected class” which includes minorities, woman, and people with disabilities or any disadvantaged group for that matter. With affirmative action in place people of this protected class are given an even playing field in terms of hiring, promotion, as well as compensation. Historically, affirmative action is only known to have protected African Americans and woman; however that is not the case. Affirmative action protects a variety of people and without this statute many people included in this protected class would be unfairly discriminated against. There are many reasons why affirmative action should continue to be a part of workplace such as: • Fosters diversity. • Educates our workforce on diversity. • Equips employees to achieve their highest contribution to the mission. • Challenges employees to make their maximum contribution to the mission. • Encourages employees to offer differing views and suggestions toward achieving organizational goals. • Respects and appreciates individual differences. • Provides equitable treatment and opportunities. • Creates and maintains an inclusive approach to all systems, policies, and practices (i.e., promotions, performance ratings, awards, training, assignments, and access to services). • Facilitates culture change to support wider diversity. People who are opposed to affirmative action often argue that it gives an unfair advantage to...
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...Assignment Three: Negative Action Mr. Sean T. Stewart Prof. Roxanne Grandis ENG 215 February 10, 2013 Assignment Three: Negative Action Affirmative action diminishes fair and open competition and should be prohibited from being exercised at any publicly funded educational institution. Affirmative action in its very essence was intended to make services accessible which were currently or formerly restricted from minorities due to racial discrimination. The measure would assist minority groups by providing greater opportunities for them to succeed alongside peers from the majority racial category. Affirmative action achieves this by giving preference to minority applicants for admission into institutions of higher education. Through these method individuals, who may be better qualified for admission than a member of the minority group, could potentially be denied access to the college of their choosing. This serves as the reasons as to why I feel that affirmative action is not fair and diminishes open competition. Affirmative-action started as a tool to address the discrimination against African-Americans and 1960s. President Lyndon B. Johnson expanded on the importance of affirmative action to achieving true freedom for African-Americans. He stated nothing is more freighted with meaning for our own destiny than the revolution of the Negro American...In far too many ways American Negroes have been another nation: deprived of freedom, crippled by hatred, the doors of...
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...Assignment 3- 1-Present the advantages and disadvantages of recruiting through an internal search and external search. 2-What are the pros and cons of using employee referrals for recruiting workers? 3- What are the different possible job offers proposed through the selection process? Discuss their possible purposes? Promoting from Within External search Advantages • Easier to assess applicants since more information is available • Less costly and quicker than an external search • Promoted employee is already familiar with organization policies, culture, etc. • Signals to employees that career opportunities exist in organization • Improve employee morale and organization loyalty • Lower costs for some jobs • Less likely to make major changes and “upset the apple cart” Advantages • Provides new ideas / fresh perspectives • May bring new insights from other industries • Initiate a turnaround • Hiring experienced employee can reduce training needed • Internal politics may be avoided (e.g., less upsetting to present organizational hierarchy) • Allows rapid growth • Increase diversity • Only hire at one level • Bigger talent pool / more applicants Disadvantages • Narrowing of thinking and stale ideas (inbreeding) • May not help turn company around • Training will be needed and learning curve will occur for the job duties • Internal politics will occur (e.g., possible discontent of rejected applicants; new subordinates discount...
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...Presentation Assignment—Persuasive Presentation Note: To complete this assignment, you will need a microphone for your computer. If you don’t have one, you may need to purchase one. You should be able to get a fairly inexpensive one at an electronics store. Background Former Chrysler CEO Lee Iacocca said, "You can have exceptional ideas, but if you can't communicate them, it's as if you have no ideas at all." So far we have been focusing on written communication, but oral communication is just as important in many work situations. Both informative and persuasive presentations are very important in the workplace, but the presentation that you will do in this course is a persuasive presentation. That is, you will imagine a particular audience and a particular workplace situation in which you would need to convince that audience to take a particular action. Assignment You will imagine a particular audience and a particular workplace situation in which you would need to convince that audience to take a particular action. Choose one of the topics listed below, and then develop and deliver a persuasive presentation that is about 8–10 minutes long using a PowerPoint presentation. Imagine a situation in which you would need to persuade a particular workplace audience to take a particular position or action in relation to this topic. For example, if you choose affirmative action, your presentation would not simply explain what affirmative action is; that would...
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