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    1. Yes‚ affirmative action policy is morally defensible‚ 2. I think United States of America has successfully implemented the policy of affirmative action‚ majority of people of all racial groups there (African Americans/ blacks)‚ are employed and there is a balance between men and woman. The policy succeeded because they managed to empower or to redress the racial issue in most sectors of the economy. 3. South African government chose to implement the affirmative action and act‚ because

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    Case Study 8.3 Affirmative Action and the Urban‚ African-American Student Experience on Rural‚ Predominately White Campuses: Is the Cure Worse Than the Disease? Suppose the Supreme Court decided that race could no longer be a factor in college admissions. Would you expect this change to increase or decrease the turbulence on Milltown State’s campus from Mr. Pike’s perspective? What about the perspective of Mr. Garcia and Mr. Smith? What about the perspective of future students of color on the campus

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    1) Thesis statement: Affirmative action is a necessary tool to address past discrimination‚ promote diversity‚ and ensure equal opportunities in education and employment‚ despite recent challenges. 2) Necessary Background Information: Understanding President Kennedy’s Executive Order 10925 in 1961 and legal rulings such as Regents v. Bakke (1978) is crucial to comprehending what surrounds this issue. Affirmative action stemmed from President Kennedy’s Executive Order 10925 in 1961 and this executive

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    sociological approach will be selected from the many available to enable providing an analysis to establish the fundamentals behind each concept in to explaining the reasons why criminal and deviant behaviours occurs The first concept to be evaluated is Robert K Merton’s (1938) Strain Theory‚ ‘Social Structure and Anomie.’ Its composition is a functionalist‚ middle-range‚ sociological perspective that operates by evaluating the impact of the macro on the micro to ascertain the connection between social cultures

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    Running head: CRITIQUE OF ADA AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION Critique of ADA and Affirmative Action April Phillips University of Phoenix Critique of ADA and Affirmative Action For years‚ big companies have set rules for which employees had to follow in order to maintain their jobs. Discrimination for language barrier‚ race‚ color‚ age‚ disability and more was nothing easy to fight against; until The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) came into effect. Such an important law brought

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    Introduction In the realm of leadership theories and practices‚ one concept that has gained significant attention is that of the leader as a servant. Robert K. Greenleaf‚ in his thought-provoking article "The Servant as Leader‚" explores this idea and its potential implications. As we delve into the essence of servant leadership‚ we discover its compelling elements and consider its future trajectory in the dynamic world of leadership. The Leader as Servant The notion of a leader as a servant challenges

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    in Race and Ethnicity‚ 7th edition (Dubuque‚ IA: McGraw-Hill‚ 2009). “Issue #19: Is Affirmative Action Necessary to Achieve Racial Equality in the United States?” Affirmative action is an active effort to improve the employment or educational opportunities of member of minority groups and woman; also noted as an effort to promote the rights or progress of other disadvantaged persons. Affirmative action arose in 1964 as a way to fix the racial discrimination and to promote the rights that

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    Fairness in the workplace American society is slowly‚ but surely‚ moving towards equality in the workplace. In the past decade laws have been passed that prohibit discrimination in hiring‚ retaining and promoting employees based on race‚ gender‚ disability and religious beliefs. Although not all groups have been included yet‚ the movement towards a more just workplace is evident. Nowadays‚ almost every single employer will have the sign "Equal Opportunity Employer" under the name of the

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    A Liberal View of The Civil Rights Act of 1964‚ Affirmative Action‚ and the Leadership of Martin Luther King Jr. I:Civil Liberty Events: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Goal of The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Affirmative Action The Civil Rights Act of 1964 marked a major liberal victory for Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Right Movement‚ since it provide a legal basis for equality and fairness to people of color in the United States government. This event was major legal success because

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    Strain theory was originally pioneered by Robert K. Merton and it was later expanded on by Robert Agnew. Merton’s strain theory argues that individuals engage in deviant or criminal behavior when they cannot achieve socially approved goals by legitimate means (Merton‚ 1938). Essentially‚ deviance is the result of the strain that individuals feel from not being able to achieve their goals through legitimate means. Merton used the American Dream ideology to explain his theory. For example‚ the American

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