Morality vs. Mandate: Affirmative Action in Employment.

From: Public Personnel Management | Date: December 22, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

Affirmative action, one of the most significant public policies of the 20th century, can be seen as an attempt to establish a more "inclusive moral convention,"[1] which aims at achieving fairness and equality for all members of society. In such a society everyone has the ability to compete for its goods and benefits.[2] Attempting to create a society, workplaces, and educational institutions in which individuals or groups are not stigmatized or excluded from opportunities on the basis of race/ethnicity or gender can be seen as the ethical foundation of affirmative action.[3] The ...

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