... Inequalities In 1972, the government attempting to correct discrimination in the workplace passed the Equal Employment Opportunity Act. This act protects individual rights and promotes employment opportunities and fairness for everyone within the workplace (Klingner & Nalbandian, 1998, p. 158). This act should have eliminated gender bias and pay inequities, but has it accomplished its goal? Are employment opportunities ... and promotion opportunities fair and equal to everyone? Does gender bias and pay inequities still exist in 2003, 31 years after the passage of the act? In researching...

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... and standards of criminal justice in 1955, the conception of the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP), which outlines environmental issues, in 1972, and the mapping-out of the first global strategies to deal with population concerns in 1974. Later accomplishments include: the eradication of smallpox by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1979, the 1985 inception of the Convention for the ... be changed in order for a prosperous future. The U.N brought the issue of apartheid in South Africa to the world's attention. With a majority decision of the states of the U.N they would a...

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