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    The document recommends that the Board of Directors implement an affirmative action policy to guarantee equal opportunity for all employees and prevent discrimination. It proposes that the policy establish standards to prevent discrimination based on race, religion, sex, disability, color, or national origin. The goal of the policy would be to ensure a diverse, sufficiently trained, and equally promoted workforce, as well as fair treatment for all potential employees. The policy would help the company comply with equal opportunity laws and avoid potential discrimination claims.

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    The document recommends that the Board of Directors implement an affirmative action policy to guarantee equal opportunity for all employees and prevent discrimination. It proposes that the policy establish standards to prevent discrimination based on race, religion, sex, disability, color, or national origin. The goal of the policy would be to ensure a diverse, sufficiently trained, and equally promoted workforce, as well as fair treatment for all potential employees. The policy would help the company comply with equal opportunity laws and avoid potential discrimination claims.

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    The document recommends that the Board of Directors implement an affirmative action policy to guarantee equal opportunity for all employees and prevent discrimination. It proposes that the policy establish standards to prevent discrimination based on race, religion, sex, disability, color, or national origin. The goal of the policy would be to ensure a diverse, sufficiently trained, and equally promoted workforce, as well as fair treatment for all potential employees. The policy would help the company comply with equal opportunity laws and avoid potential discrimination claims.

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    The document recommends that the Board of Directors implement an affirmative action policy to guarantee equal opportunity for all employees and prevent discrimination. It proposes that the policy establish standards to prevent discrimination based on race, religion, sex, disability, color, or national origin. The goal of the policy would be to ensure a diverse, sufficiently trained, and equally promoted workforce, as well as fair treatment for all potential employees. The policy would help the company comply with equal opportunity laws and avoid potential discrimination claims.

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    The key takeaways are that the document discusses implementing an affirmative action policy to promote equal opportunity and prevent discrimination in employment. It also discusses some laws regarding equal employment like the Civil Rights Act and arguments for and against affirmative action.

    The goals of implementing an affirmative action policy according to the document are to ensure equal opportunity, prevent discrimination, guarantee a diverse and trained workforce, and ensure fair treatment in the hiring and promotion process.

    The document discusses laws like Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which prevents discrimination based on attributes like race, sex, religion. It also discusses the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 regarding equal employment opportunity.

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    Affirmative Action

    Maria Lee

    December 19, 2010

    HRM240

    Shonda Hercules
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    In an effort to improve this company and to provide a positive environment for the employees, it

    is my recommendation that the Board of Directors of this company should implement and advocate

    an affirmative action policy to guarantee equal opportunity for all employees. This policy should

    establish certain standards to prevent discrimination against race, religion, sex, disability, color, or

    national origin. Any affirmative action policy should be in compliance with any equal opportunity

    laws. The underlying motive of affirmative action is the Constitutional principle of eequal

    opportunity, which holds that all persons have the right to equal access to self-

    development(USLegal.com, 2010). Discrimination is illegal, but it is also immoral. America is

    considered the land of opportunity, the unfavorable treatment of an individual based on class goes

    against that belief. A careful analysis of the makeup of this company will ultimately guarantee that

    the employees of this company is diverse, sufficiently trained, and equally promoted. The goals of

    this recommended affirmative action policy is to ensure that all potential employees recieve the

    same considerate and fair treatment.

    The aims of an affirmative action policy would be to ensure equal opportunity and affirmative

    action issues are identified in the workplace. It is necessary that issues involving equal opportunity

    and affirmative action are dealth with through due process.

    Many people have claimed that affirmative action policies have caused a decline in the quality of

    employment practices are followed. There is a myth that affirmative action policies require

    employers or others to meet their numbers. There is no evidence of this. In fact affirmative action

    plans do not impose quotas; they simply seek to increase the pool of qualified applicants by using

    aggressive recruitment and outreach programs, setting goals and timeables, and establishing training

    programs, among our measures(MIT.edu, no date). Simply becasue an employer has affirmative

    action policies implemented does not mean they must include a reduction in skill, education or other

    talents a potential employee must have. People also argue that with affirmative action policies

    intact is a form of reverse discrimination. Affirmative action policies are a direct and proactive
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    way to meet the federal and state legal requirements to avoid discrimination. Title VII of the Civil

    Rights Act of 1964 prevents employers from discrimination against one because of race, color,

    national origin, sex or religion (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 2010). The Equal

    Pay Act of 1963 requires employers to pay men and women who perform the same job equal

    pay(Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 2010). The Americans with Disabilty Act of

    1990 (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 2010). prevents an employer from

    discriminating on the basis of a person's mental or physical impairments (Equal Employment

    Opportunity Commission, 2010).

    Affirmative action policies assure that an employer is in compliance with the Equal Employment

    Opportunity Commission. For example, the policies can include requirements that base pay on job

    requirements to help avoid regarding the salaries offered to men vs. Women and Caucasians vs.

    Minorities, which would help prevent violations against the Equal Pay Act and Title VII of the Civil

    Rights Act (Euben, 2001). Affirmative action policies also can avoid sexual harrassment claims by

    providing standars for managers to follow. Affirmative action policies can help human resource and

    other managers determine how to make job offers and the best places to post job notices so that

    everyone has access to them.

    The development and maintenance of affirmative action policies can only help the company.

    The policy can help avoid potential illegal discrimination claims. It can also help the company

    defend itself against such claims. At a time when America is growing in diversity and that the

    American population expects fair treatment and equal opportunity, a commitment to affirmative

    action policies can help the company retain and attract successful and intelligent employees.
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    References

    Eeoc.com. (2010). EEOC- Employment Discrimination, Diversity, Harrassment, Gender and

    Labor Issues. Retrieved December 19, 2010 from http://www.eeoc.com

    Euben, D.R. (2010). Show Me the Money: Salary Equity in the Academy. Retrieved December

    19, 2010 from http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubsres/academe/2001/JA/FEat/eube.htm

    MIT.edu. (no date). Questions and Answers on Affirmative Action. Retrieved December 19,2010

    from http://www.mit.edu/activities/thistle/v9/9.08/laff.am.html

    USLegal.com. (2010). Affirmative Action Law & Legal Definition. Retrieved December 19, 2010

    from http://definitions.uslegal.com/a/affirmative-action/

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