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    Affirmative Action or Reverse Discrimination Colleen Koehn Business Law 1038 Instructor Jackie Sexson March 1‚ 2010 South University Online There has been a large debate in recent years if affirmative action has gone against the American way‚ has affirmative action caused reverse discrimination? The establishment of affirmative action was put into place to create equal rights for racial minorities‚ ethnic minorities‚ women‚ the physically disabled and those who served in the military

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    Affirmative Action: Reverse Discrimination? University of La Verne Abstract When observing the time after the revolution‚ the phrase‚ “all men are created equal” is ironic. While ideas of equal rights for minorities and women were in the air during and after the revolution‚ none of the new state constitutions granted women the right to vote and many blacks found themselves liberated but impoverished. The tension from the Civil War created a pressing need to provide equal social

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    CHAPTER 3 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY LEGAL ASPECTS OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT CHAPTER Overview This chapter describes the influences of the legal environment on HRM. Particular attention is paid to EEO programs that are designed to eliminate bias in HRM programs‚ especially as they apply to women and minorities. In my opinion using the analogy of the human body‚ the law is the “head” vital to the rest of the body. Likewise adherence to the law‚ and legal knowledge is vital to HR

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    Comparable Worth Glenn Reid Empire State College Race‚ Class and Gender According to The Free Legal Dictionary Comparable Worth is the idea that men and women should receive equal pay when they perform work that involves comparable skills and responsibility or that is of comparable worth to the employer; also known as pay equity. Many jobs are segregated by sex. For example‚ approximately 80 percent of all office secretaries are female‚ and approximately 99 percent of all construction

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    Matthew Hutson 09-13-2008 Professor Miclot Phase 3 Individual Project The principle of comparable worth also known as sex equality and pay equality‚ is easily defined as “the principle that men and women should be compensated equally for work requiring comparable skills‚ responsibilities‚ and effort.” (britanica.com). Comparable worth has been an issue of debate since it was introduced in the 1970s by people looking to counter act the inequities of pay for occupations typically held by men and

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    Affirmative action in the U.S. started to come about in the early nineteen sixties. It was enacted along with many other anti-segregation laws‚ as part of the "Civil Rights act of 1964 and an executive order in 1965 (Affirmative‚ Encyclopedia Britannica par. 2)." Today affirmative action is still going strong. It has many positive aspects‚ but it also has several negative affects‚ one of which is "reverse discrimination. Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary defines affirmative action as "an active

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    Comparable Worth I see comparable worth as an illegitimate device that derails the labor from achieving fulfillment from their employment. I believe the person would always worry about their job performance; the use of fear as a motivator is inappropriate and detrimental to production and morale which I feel could affect safety as well. One could argue that if a person does their job well that they should have nothing to fear at time of review. Again this is a problem‚ the evaluator is human

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    HRM Incident 2: So‚ What’s Affirmative Action? Introduction: Affirmative action program is an action of how Supreme Company would select employment based on race‚ gender‚ or ethnicity by granting preferences to minorities especially women. To ensure that all groups/races are adequately represented within the existing employment. To ensure that all works had nearly equal representation as to do away injustice. It must be well and properly comprehended before putting it into application. Adequate

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    Baker 1 Jennifer Baker Reverse Discrimination Even though slavery has not been a part of America for over a century now‚ racial discrimination still exists in various parts of our culture. A controversial policy known as affirmative action was introduced in the 1960’s to try and promote racial equality in society. Affirmative action is supposed to give minorities an equal chance in life by requiring minority employment‚ promotions‚ college acceptance‚ etc. At first this sounds like a perfect solution

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    Affirmative Action as Racial Discrimination The controversy over affirmative action is growing to embody most all selective decisions in American society. From public protection to college admissions‚ people are becoming resentful of such affirmative action programs. The applicability of these programs in today ’s American society has been challenged by people ranging from the everyday "Joe"‚ who is finding reverse discrimination in the workplace‚ to college applicants‚ who are finding that it

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