... with different and unique skills. Corporate affirmative action is a necessary policy to generate and ensure diversity in the workplace; this policy has been successful in improving the advancement of minorities in America. One of a corporation's largest objectives is to have a diverse work team. Affirmative action policies have been successful in employing diverse groups of people. "Equal ... support diversity of all kinds, including racial diversity in higher education, but the method used by the University of Michigan to achieve this goal is fundamentally flawed"(Graves). Minorities ha...

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... is a program of opportunity; it is not a program of discrimination. It is not an attempt to make up for slavery; it is an attempt to correct today's discrimination against minorities and women in our society. Selection of unqualified or overqualified candidates is not permitted under federal affirmative action guidelines and should not be equated with legal forms of affirmative action ... being given the same rights as every other American citizen. The goal of affirmative action is for the minorities and females to have a fair chance if qualifications are comparable. Strategies for affi...

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... over qualified candidates." If affirmative action is a form of job discrimination, it would be grounded in prejudicial and exclusionary treatment. However, the main objective of AA programs is to include members of the society who have historically been excluded based on their color and race. Those who truly understand affirmative action know that white males are not being discriminated against ... representation." 6. "Affirmative action may have been necessary 30 years ago, but the playing field is fairly level today." 7. "Affirmative action tends to undermine the self-esteem of women a...

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