Recently, the legitimacy of Affirmative Action's fairness in giving students of all races an equal chance has come under fire. There is actually going to be a ruling by the Supreme Court that will determine if University of Michigan's (and most likely the whole nation) application of Affirmative Action is constitutionally correct or not. Notice that I said, "application" and not Affirmative Action itself. I believe that the way Affirmative Action is used contradicts one of our constitutions main points, the equality of all human beings. Being a black female myself, I believe that students should be accepted based on merit of their performance and not their sex or race. I am sure that minorities, like myself, would rather be accepted because of our own academic accomplishments. The idea of lower standards is racism in and of itself. .
The principle of Affirmative Action is a very good one. Many inner city schools suffer from depleting funds and mediocre teachers. It is harder for students from such schools to get into a good college. The idea of ensuring minorities an opportunity for higher education is vital to our country, which is made up of about half minorities. It will help people with fewer prospects to become educated so that they can contribute more to society. All of this sounds perfect and I am absolutely positive that nobody would oppose such a program; in fact, nobody does. The problems arise in the application of this Utopian program. Like unto communism, on paper it is perfect but once put into action, all kinds of problems arise, problems that take away from the good aspects of it and cause much debate. One such problem is that of quotas. Quotas are used in some schools to get a certain number of minorities in their school to receive more government support, regardless of more qualified applicants. Quotas themselves are a conflict within a conflict; they have no real definition and everybody has their own interpretations on how they should be used.
Chronicle of Higher Education. ... "The Other Affirmative Action." ... "Whose Affirmative Action?" ... Chronicle of Higher Education 47.23 (2001) : B7 In this article Skrentny uses demographic statistics to point out flaws in the current affirmative action structuring. ... White, Jack E. ...
Employers also gain from flexible work hours as employees who have a balance with multiple role expectations will be less stress, have reduced sick days & produce higher productivity. ... Positive work culture leading to higher productivity may enable the business to grow & support the employees" needs by introducing such schemes such as child minding services & breast -feeding facilities. ... Affirmative Action is positive steps taken by an employer to create a situation that promotes & assists elements of equal opportunity. I986 the Affirmative action Act passed & was amended to become Equal...
This added cause of action in tort law is resulting in increased employer liability and risk. ... Some examples of a higher duty of care include Landlord/tenant relationships, common carriers (railroads, airlines, ship lines), hospitals, and other patient care facilities and taxi services. ... The focused action precipitating this case occured after the worker terminated employment. ... App. 1, 159, 223 S.E. 2d 453 {1976}), A Georgia court of appeal held the employer to a higher duty when it investigated backgrounds of security guard applicants. ... The Georgia ap...
That learning higher math is necessary for learning to use a computer, that learning what someone else demands you to learn is more important than learning what you want to learn. ... To provide justice and equality has been a prevalent issue for governments over the centuries; affirmative action is not a new phenomena, education needs to be continually adapting to the environment in which we live in. ... (Giddens, 1993) The reproduction of a subservient workforce, which respects authoritarian procedures, implies the capitalist society has higher attainment in schools to repress the work...
During the same period, interest rates around the world were lower than usual, which made investors to seek securitized loans that provided relatively higher returns. This made investors to take higher risks to amplify their investments by borrowing longer dated and higher yielding securities under the false assumption that the market was less volatile, which caused them to lose billions of dollars later when the crisis came knocking at their doors. 4 Citigroup was one of the culprits, who brought this nightmare upon the people. ... However, no executive members faced consequences of their a...
Even if affirmative action is dismantled, diversity of the workforce is clearly here to stay. ... Diversity in the Workplace Generally when someone begins speaking about diversity in the workplace, thoughts of Affirmative Action, racial diversity, or even sexual equality are usually foremost in our thoughts. ... Some believe that diversity is about quotas, and affirmative action. ... It is important, therefore, for organizations to take action to encourage and foster diversity in the workplace as explained by (Clarke, 1995). ... These advantages translate into higher productivity and bot...
Agencies such as welfare, social justice and health are more likely to support affirmative action. ... Many black females have entered the arena because they have obtained higher levels of education (James, 2000, p. 6). ... If government agencies are required to follow Equal Employment Opportunity rules and affirmative action laws, then why are females not getting a fair deal? ... Women most often have to measure up to higher standards than men do to obtain the position (Hale, 1999, p. 8). ...
The average member of the workforce from past was male, white, approximately twenty-nine years old and had fewer than two years of higher education. ... Diversity Training 04 During a training session, topics such as valuing diversity, biases, the philosophy of the company, and action planning are covered. ... Some of the key points in training the organization to deal with the issue are: (a) How HIV is transmitted (b) How HIV is NOT transmitted, (c) Why it is okay for someone with HIV to be in the workplace, (d) The importance of universal precautions in all first-aids situations, (e)...