Discussion: Affirmative Action in the workplace.

Discussion: Affirmative Action in the workplace.

Discussion: Affirmative Action in the workplace.

The purpose of this assignment is to critique advice that a consultant has given regarding Affirmative Action in the workplace. Read the following scenario and respond to the questions below:

Scenario A consultant advises the following for your company: 1) Since you have a number of jobs at which there are more men than women and you desire greater diversity, affirmative action would be a good idea; 2) Since you have less than 50 employees, there is no need to put your affirmative action plan into writing; 3) “Band” test scores so that all female candidates are in one band and all male candidates in another. Then alternate in hiring the top candidates from each band; 4) Be sure to consider affirmative action goals in all of your employment decisions, and 5) Be prepared to continue your affirmative action efforts indefinitely.

Provide an overall critique the consultant’s advice in accordance with what you learned this week. Then for each numbered piece of advice please respond to the following: Was this good legal advice. If not, what is the problem with the advice and would it lead to any legal challenges? What should the consultant be advising legally? Parameters Using APA formatting, write an essay of around 500 words (excluding the title and reference page).All papers will be graded for content, clarity, grammar/spelling, and appropriate use of APA formatting guidelines. A minimum of two references must be utilized.

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.