An Ethical Dilemma: Affirmative Action, Do We Still Need It?
Running head: An Ethical Dilemma: Affirmative Action, Do We Still Need It?
An Ethical Dilemma: Affirmative Action, Do We Still Need It?
Abstract
This paper discusses the importance of affirmative action in today’s society and the ethical role it plays when Employers and Universities are considering entry to their respected places of establishment. The paper will conclude with what America will face in the future in terms of affirmative action.
An Ethical Dilemma: Affirmative Action, Do We Still Need It?
Affirmative action still headlines stories in the media. Some in the minority groups agree that affirmative action has assisted them in so many ways, while others totally disagree with the policy altogether. The people in the majority see it as a punishment for discrimination. Is this policy ethical or unethical in hiring or admittance into higher learning institutions or hiring practices for employment? Since its inception in the 1960’s, affirmative action has become very controversial. Affirmative action has placed various people from different backgrounds and races into jobs where people in the majority once held or universities where only people in the majority’s children were able to attend. By minorities obtaining these jobs and going to the various institutions of higher learning, affirmative action allows diversification in these places. All businesses, public and private, colleges and universities need to diversify their work force population through affirmative action. The idea of affirmative action came about because of discrimination against minorities in America. The executive order 11246 issued by President Johnson ensured equality on the job and admission rates to higher learning institutions. In a book written by Cahn (1993) it states: The original order authorized the secretary of labor to adopt such rules and regulations as he deems necessary and appropriate pursuant to the order’s purposes. In response to
An Ethical Dilemma: Affirmative Action, Do We Still Need It?
Abstract
This paper discusses the importance of affirmative action in today’s society and the ethical role it plays when Employers and Universities are considering entry to their respected places of establishment. The paper will conclude with what America will face in the future in terms of affirmative action.
An Ethical Dilemma: Affirmative Action, Do We Still Need It?
Affirmative action still headlines stories in the media. Some in the minority groups agree that affirmative action has assisted them in so many ways, while others totally disagree with the policy altogether. The people in the majority see it as a punishment for discrimination. Is this policy ethical or unethical in hiring or admittance into higher learning institutions or hiring practices for employment? Since its inception in the 1960’s, affirmative action has become very controversial. Affirmative action has placed various people from different backgrounds and races into jobs where people in the majority once held or universities where only people in the majority’s children were able to attend. By minorities obtaining these jobs and going to the various institutions of higher learning, affirmative action allows diversification in these places. All businesses, public and private, colleges and universities need to diversify their work force population through affirmative action. The idea of affirmative action came about because of discrimination against minorities in America. The executive order 11246 issued by President Johnson ensured equality on the job and admission rates to higher learning institutions. In a book written by Cahn (1993) it states: The original order authorized the secretary of labor to adopt such rules and regulations as he deems necessary and appropriate pursuant to the order’s purposes. In response to
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