Social discrimination is shown in Jasper Jones, these discoveries can impact individuals a different point of view on the society. ... Ponyboy's coming of age is noted as his social class caused him to grow up in a dangerous situation; the most powerful affect on him is realizing the unfairness of society, the economic conditions that cast them as 'Greasers'. ... " He now realise the darker side of the world that he had never came in contract with. ... " He now realise the darker side of the world that he had never came in contract with. ... Both books conveyed the si...

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As an Employee you have a responsibility to: The contract of employment sets out the terms and conditions under which an employee will work. The contract will and should make it fairly clear what the organisation expects from the employee. It is very important for an employee to study his or her contract and to sure in keeping within its terms. ... (Price 1997) Managing Diversity - A Description Managing diversity is based on the concept that people should be valued as individuals for reasons related to business interest, as well as for moral and social reasons. ... Social justi...

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It's a new law that has been passed that "prohibits the state of California and local governments from discriminating against or granting preferential treatment to any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin in public employment, public education or public contracting (San Jose Mercury News)." ... (Nicolaus, , 87) Affirmative action also aids in the areas of contracting and education. With contracting,, "affirmative action helps firms owned by women and minorities, or firms that can show a disadvantage"(Lemann, 110) Affirmat...

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I believe that affirmative action is necessary when a qualified person loses an opportunity to advance socially, politically or economically due to race, gender, or socioeconomic status. ... In this case a black woman was renewed her teaching contract while a white teacher was not. ... If the white teacher had her contract renewed would it be fair to say that it was because she was white? ... The review found that the programs have been successful in meeting the government's goal of increasing the percentage of minorities and women receiving federal contracts., (Washington Post 7/95, A...

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Specifically, AA is a series of social policies and statutes that regulate activities and laws with the primary intent to achieve equity and increase opportunity for all. ... As a follow-up to the Civil Rights Act, Johnson issued EO 11246, which required expansion of job opportunities for minorities in government contracting firms. This order also established the Office of Federal Contract Compliance (OFCC) a division of the Department of labor, which was chartered to administer the order. ... Also in 1971, Nixon, under EO 11625 direct federal agencies to develop comprehensive plans and progra...

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The principle is that ability, qualifications, and merit, independent of race, national origin, or sex should prevail when one applies for a job or promotion, or for selective institutions for higher education, or when one bids for contracts. The reality is that strict adherence to this principle would result in few African Americans getting jobs, admissions, and contracts" (1998). ...

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The principle is that ability, qualifications, and merit, independent of race, national origin, or sex should prevail when one applies for a job or promotion, or for selective institutions for higher education, or when one bids for contracts. The reality is that strict adherence to this principle would result in few African Americans getting jobs, admissions, and contracts (1998). ...

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Also, a study sponsored by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs showed that from 1974-80, federal contractors who adopted affirmative action goals "added female officials and managers at twice the rate of non-contractors. ... International studies have shown that "a group's low ethnic status or position in a social structure" directly correlates to a group's significantly lower performance on standardized tests. ... These studies suggest that standardized test scores are unintentionally biased against Americans who suffer a lower position in the U.S. soci...

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Also, women could not enter into a contract without her husband's signed say-so, nor could they have a credit card, open a bank account or deal with any of the financial part of the marriage. ... Marriage was therefore socially and economically important to a woman, they would not be able to live a decent life without a man. ...

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Within the context of this policy, employers, administrators, contract managers were held accountable to give minorities, women and other special interest group's additional consideration in their decision processes when applying for employment, various memberships and acceptance in educational institutions. ... The long term impact of slavery and other kinds of discrimination, if not corrected by some process, will continue to drive the social ills that pervade American society; illiteracy, unemployment, racism and crime. ... Therefore, Proposition 209 causes further social ill than di...

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Yet today there is an outspoken minority who want to stop affirmative action not only as a legal remedy, but also as a social commitment. Now that affirmative action has led to some social changes there are those who are saying our society has gone too far in correcting racial injustice. ... Born of the civil rights movement three decades ago, affirmative action calls for minorities and women to be given special consideration in employment, education and contracting decisions. ... Despite the obstacles posed by our institutions and political culture, the evidence indicates that immigrants toda...

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It first appeared after the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s as an attempt to accompany the new legal equality gained for minorities with social and economic equality. ... The Affirmative Action allows for fair evaluation of candidates by making up for existing social inequalities. ... This site is dealing with the California Proposition 209 which is "The state shall not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatments to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education or public contracti...

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The term affirmative action is applied to the use of racial, ethnic, or gender preferences set apart a variety of social benefits. ... The goals were later extended to college admissions and of government contracts. ...

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Chapter One ANALYSIS OF THE CONCEPT OF CASTE It seems necessary at the outset to point out the specific features of the caste system, in order more clearly to bring out the difference in social structure which has always existed between Europe and Africa. ... In exchange, the latter had to allow them social precedence. ... CONDITIONS OF THE SLAVES The only group that would have an interest in overthrowing the social order were the slaves of the father's household, in alliance with the bâ- dolo ("those without power," socially speaking, the poor peasants). 2 Indeed, it is ...

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He verbally contested the government and, in response to his resistance and the social and political climate at that time, the United States passed the 1964 Civil Rights Act, forbidding racial discrimination in "public accommodations" and race and sex discrimination in employment (www.now.org/nnt/08-95/affirmhs.html). ... According to Eastland, "Whoever have been admitted to a school, or won the promotion or contract, but for race, has suffered discrimination- and there is no good discrimination" (Eastland 196). ...

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He verbally contested the government and, in response to his resistance and the social and political climate at that time, the United States passed the 1964 Civil Rights Act, forbidding racial discrimination in "public accommodations" and race and sex discrimination in employment (www.now.org/nnt/08-95/affirmhs.html). ... According to Eastland, "Whoever have been admitted to a school, or won the promotion or contract, but for race, has suffered discrimination- and there is no good discrimination" (Eastland 196). ...

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The phrase "affirmative action" was coined by President John F. Kennedy in 1961 when he issued Executive Order 10925, initiating the President's committee on Equal Employment Opportunity. In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson issued Executive Order 11246. This order required federal contractors to ...

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Born of the civil rights movement three decades ago, affirmative action calls for minorities and women to be given special consideration in employment, education and contracting decisions. ... Today we are living in a load of social issues that we have to deal with and racism is one of them. ...

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Women executives are frequently excluded from social activities and often describe the "clubbiness" among the men that exists at the top. ... The goal of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is to promote equal opportunity. ...

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A general definition of this guiding principle of diversity is, " any effort taken to fully integrate our society by expanding educational, employment, and contracting opportunities to the multitude of gender, ethnic, national origin, and handicapped-condition groups that have been and remain locked out of full economic, social, and/or political participation in our country." ... They could not vote, a numerous amount were kept from owning property, and they were subject to social discrimination for many years. ...

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Tribunals The EOC has looked at 54 employment tribunal decisions, in sexual harassment cases that were heard between 1998 and 2001, to see what those cases revealed. Successful cases The employee Thirty-four cases were successful. In three of those cases the person making the complaint was male. In most cases the harassment began while the person bringing the complaint had been working for that employer for less than one year, and their work tended to be low paid (e.g carers, shop and factory workers, office staff). Shift work was a factor in a third of cases. ...

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