For Affirmative Action we have terms and definitions in 7 topics. The topics are Ethics, Government, Legal Ethics, Management, Organizational Capacity, Political and Sociology.

Affirmative Action (Ethics)

Positive steps to enhance the diversity of some group, often to remedy the cumulative effect of subtle as well as gross expressions of prejudice. When numerical goals are set, they are set according to the group's representation in the applicant pool rather than the group's representation in the general population. For example, a medical school with an affirmative action program would seek to admit members of an underrepresented group in proportion to their representation in the population of those who had completed pre-medical requirements and wished to attend medical school. Affirmative action should be distinguished from reparations.

Affirmative Action (Government)

Policies that favor members of a protected group; used to equalize conditions in society.

Affirmative Action (Legal Ethics)

Positive steps to enhance the diversity of some group, often to remedy the cumulative effect of subtle as well as gross expressions of prejudice. When numerical goals are set, they are set according to the group's representation in the applicant pool rather than the group's representation in the general population. For example, a medical school with an affirmative action program would seek to admit members of an underrepresented group in proportion to their representation in the population of those who had completed pre-medical requirements and wished to attend medical school. Affirmative action should be distinguished from reparations.

Affirmative Action (Management)

A plan that requires employers to make an extra effort to hire and promote people who belong to a protected group.

Affirmative Action (Organizational Capacity)

Any action intended to correct effects of past discrimination, to eliminate present discrimination, or to prevent discrimination in the future. See also:Disparate Effect, Diversity, Employment Parity

Affirmative Action (Political)

The giving of preferential treatment to women and minorities in business and education to redress the effects of past discrimination. Affirmative action began in the 1960s; it has benefited hundreds of thousands of minorities and helped in the creation of an African-American middle-class. The number of women in professional and managerial jobs has also increased considerably as a result of affirmative action. However, during the 1990s affirmative action has become a contentious issue. While the bulk of minorities and civil rights leaders still support it, many conservatives claim that it amounts to "reverse discrimination." Supreme Court decisions in 1995 limited the scope of affirmative action programs in business and education. In 1997, California banned preferential treatment for minorities or women in state hiring practices.

Affirmative Action (Sociology)

Government programs intended to assure minorities and women of equal hiring or admission opportunities.

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