Affirmative action is a controversial topic topic‚ especially in American society. Affirmative action is an active effort to improve the employment or education opportunities of members of minority groups and women. It also means a similar effort to promote the rights of other disadvantaged persons. In America‚ affirmative action is for a disadvantaged group to have equal opportunities‚ regardless of: race‚ religion/creed‚ sex‚ national origin‚ and disability (OFCCP). Many surround the words affirmative
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variety of socio-economic programs on its contractors as part of long-standing federal efforts to further affirmative action through federal contracting. Affirmative action regulations apply not only to minorities and women but to handicapped individuals‚ special disabled veterans‚ and veterans of the Vietnam era (FAR 52.22-35 and -36). For almost fifty years Former President Lyndon B. Johnson’s answer to “balance the opportunities” for minorities and women‚ affirmative action has attempted to eradicate
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Part A: Questions on Affirmative Action What is Affirmative Action? Affirmative action can be defined by the set of public policies and initiatives designed to help eliminate past and present discrimination based on race‚ color‚ religion‚ sex or national origin (Sykes 2009). The focus of such policies and initiatives range from employment and education to public contracting and health programs (Wikipedia 2009). These affirmative actions policies have been established in response to decades of
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On Wednesday June 11‚ 2008 at 3:00 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time)‚ the Prime Minister of Canada‚ the Right Honourable Stephen Harper‚ made a Statement of Apology to former students of Indian Residential Schools‚ on behalf of the Government of Canada. Prime Minister Harper offers full apology on behalf of Canadians for the Indian Residential Schools system11 June 2008Ottawa‚ OntarioStatement of Apology PLEASE CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY The treatment of children in Indian Residential Schools is a sad
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Affirmative Action Affirmative action is a phrase used to describe attempts to redress past discrimination by giving groups that have been discriminated against an advantage in allocating opportunities‚ such as jobs and admittance to colleges and universities. When affirmative action was first established over fifty years ago‚ the intended beneficiaries were African-Americans‚ but since that time‚ it has been used to help other groups that have experienced discrimination‚ such as women‚ Native Americans
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Affirmative action has been used throughout history to decide whether or not "minority" status American citizens should have a voice. Affirmative action refers to an action or policy favoring those who tend to suffer from discrimination in relation to employment‚ education etc. This topic has been very controversial in both the past and present. It has been commonly used in the college acceptance process in order to include different cultures and ethnicity’s into schools. This process should be used
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Affirmative Action Plan Affirmative action is a plan to promote the efforts of employers‚ schools and other organizations to recruit and hire groups that have previously been discriminated against. It is important to note that affirmative action programs do not require employers to hire unqualified people for a job. Equal employment opportunity is used to describe policies that prohibit discrimination of any kind. Affirmative action is a program that analyses the make up of the current workforce
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Affirmative Action In the Workplace Lawrence Phillips Human Resources Management HRM 335 Western International University Professor: Michael Corp November 27‚ 2005 Throughout our lives at some point or another we have all felt slighted. We have all felt that we were not giving the same opportunity
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defend your answer. “Affirmative action has outlived its usefulness and should now be abolished.” Dictionary.com refers to the term affirmative action as “a policy or programme designed to counter discrimination against minority groups and women in areas such as employment and education.” Affirmative action is a much debated policy‚ in employment as well as in education‚ in the Supreme Court as well as on the street. Although much of the reasoning behind affirmative action is good‚ it goes wrong
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Informal Logic Is Affirmative Action Fair? Brian Addis August 23‚ 2010 Is Affirmative Action Fair? Affirmative action was created to increase the number of people from certain social groups in employment‚ education‚ business‚ government‚ and other areas (LaNoue‚ G.‚ 2010). This policy is geared toward women‚ and minorities such as African Americans‚ Asian Americans‚ Hispanic Americans‚ American Indians‚ and disabled people. Generally speaking‚ Affirmative Action was put into
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