affirmative action
encouragement of increased representation of women and minorities in employment (or universities, etc.) | ||||
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AFFIRMATIVE ACTION Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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affirmative action
Noun
1. a policy designed to redress past discrimination against women and minority groups through measures to improve their economic and educational opportunities; "affirmative action has been extremely controversial and was challenged in 1978 in the Bakke decision"
(hypernym) social action
Noun
1. a policy designed to redress past discrimination against women and minority groups through measures to improve their economic and educational opportunities; "affirmative action has been extremely controversial and was challenged in 1978 in the Bakke decision"
(hypernym) social action
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Duhaime.org Legal Dictionary |
Affirmative Action
A reverse discrimination law, program or activity that has as its object the amelioration of conditions of individuals who are socially or economically disadvantaged. - (read more on Affirmative Action)
A reverse discrimination law, program or activity that has as its object the amelioration of conditions of individuals who are socially or economically disadvantaged. - (read more on Affirmative Action)
| Law Dictionary |
Affirmative action
A positive step taken to correct conditions resulting frompast discrimination or from violations of a law.
A positive step taken to correct conditions resulting frompast discrimination or from violations of a law.
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
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affirmative action
A hiring policy that requires employers to analyze the work force for under-representation of protected classes. It involves recruiting minorities and members of protected classes, changing management attitudes or prejudices towards them, removing discriminatory employment practices, and giving preferred treatment to protected classes.
A hiring policy that requires employers to analyze the work force for under-representation of protected classes. It involves recruiting minorities and members of protected classes, changing management attitudes or prejudices towards them, removing discriminatory employment practices, and giving preferred treatment to protected classes.
| National Standards for Civics and Government |
affirmative action
Policy or program designed to redress historic injustices committed against racial minorities and other specified groups by making special efforts to provide members of these groups with access to educational and employment opportunities.
Policy or program designed to redress historic injustices committed against racial minorities and other specified groups by making special efforts to provide members of these groups with access to educational and employment opportunities.
| Glossary of Sociology |
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
Government programs intended to assure minorities and women of equal hiring or admission opportunities.
Government programs intended to assure minorities and women of equal hiring or admission opportunities.
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Social Work in Canada |
Affirmative Action
Policies of governments and other institutions that are designed to actively promote and advance the status and the social and occupational participation of groups of people designated by sex, ethnicity or other shared characteristic. The intent of such policies is to counteract perceived disadvantagement of such groups. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (section 15(2)) allows for the possibility of such policy without it being subject to challenge on grounds of discrimination against non-designated groups.
Policies of governments and other institutions that are designed to actively promote and advance the status and the social and occupational participation of groups of people designated by sex, ethnicity or other shared characteristic. The intent of such policies is to counteract perceived disadvantagement of such groups. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (section 15(2)) allows for the possibility of such policy without it being subject to challenge on grounds of discrimination against non-designated groups.
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Affirmative action
Affirmative action refers to policies intended to promote access to education or employment aimed at a historically socio-politically non-dominant group (typically, minorities or women). Motivation for affirmative action policies is to redress the effects of past discrimination and to encourage public institutions such as universities, hospitals and police forces to be more representative of the population.
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