No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. (1)" Affirmative action can trace its roots back to the 14th amendment, although it did not really get started until Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act was passed, giving minorities equal employment rights. The overall strategy and outline for this plan were contained in Executive Order 11246, ...

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Within the legislation of the Civil Rights Act was Title VII, which was considered to be the "employment" section of the act. ... Employers were forced to revamp their entire strategies and bases for hiring and treating employees. ... The first came in 1972 with the passage of the Equal Employment Opportunity Act. ... The next amendment came in the form of the Pregnancy Discrimination act of 1978. ... The largest amendment to Title VII however, took place with the Civil Rights Act of 1991. ...

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A major factor in the success of the movement was the strategy of protesting against discrimination without using violence as an alternative to armed uprising. ... Robinson led the Women's Political Council, which plotted strategy for a one-day bus boycott in Montgomery following Rosa Parks' arrest. ... The Civil Rights Movement also acted as a training ground for the eventual participants in the women's liberation movement. ... Advocacy continued and turned into legislative success in the passage of the Civil Rights Act. ...

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This was Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This amendment was the guidance that American leaders needed to change the policies under which schools, business and local state and federal government adopted a new era and developed new strategies in which "business" was conducted. In 1972 the Equal Employment Opportunity Act was implemented. Hiring and promotion of minorities has shown tremendous increase since this act was passed into law. ...

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I believe the Privacy Act of 1974 protects individuals on all their personal records to include medical records. ... This is often based on the impact of future strategies that may not be visible by the masses. ... The Civil Rights Act of 1964 should generally seen as a standard or rightful screen when scrubbing people for hire or release. ...

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After the United States Congress passed the Civil Rights Act in 1964 minorities were no longer prohibited from the use of public facilities and job discrimination was no longer legally sanctioned. ... The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a major step in reducing de jure or law based discrimination but was unable to cease deep seeded de facto or actual discrimination in American society. The Civil Rights Act did not require employers to prove that any discriminatory policies were or were not used in the hiring of personnel, "Instead, the burden of proof was on the woman or minority group member who...

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After the United States Congress passed the Civil Rights Act in 1964 minorities were no longer prohibited from the use of public facilities and job discrimination was no longer legally sanctioned. ... The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a major step in reducing de jure or law based discrimination but was unable to cease deep seeded de facto or actual discrimination in American society. The Civil Rights Act did not require employers to prove that any discriminatory policies were or were not used in the hiring of personnel, "Instead, the burden of proof was on the woman or minority group member who...

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Discretion being defined as the ability or power to decide responsibly or the freedom to act or judge on ones own, in this instance still according to the law and regardless of ones own prejudices. ... Discretion is used at the individual level such as patrolling strategies, decisions to arrest, stop and frisk, write a report, and also the administrative or departmental level such as manpower levels, allocation of personnel and resources, policies, and training. ... Policies limit their discretion and give the police guidelines to act upon. ... Also from experience it seems that less experi...

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The value base underlying the guidance for staff policy is based on the principles of the All Wales Strategy, for people with learning/physical disabilities. ... The Disability Discrimination Act - Access to goods, facilities & Services. ...

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The Glass Ceiling As we approach the millenium the workforce is flourishing. In this new age era people would like the think that the hiring, and promotional processes within the workplace are fair as well as inparcial; however, there does still exist road blocks for a few groups. The glas...

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