Case Analysis: Affirmative Action

Affirmative action and other policy tools that are aimed at promoting the equal employment of women and minorities have received a great deal of attention in recent years (Thomas, 1991). The purpose of this report is to present a series of recommendations as to how the company can improve its affirmative action position, reduce turnover among female and minority employees, and advance the careers of minority and female staff members. The report is organized to present a statement of the problem, discuss the history of the issue and its impact, present an analysis of research findings, offer conclusions, and develop a set of recommendations for the firm which will ameliorate the problems that have been observed.

The overarching focus and thrust of this report is on the development of concrete actions that the firm can use to meet its obligations, both legal and ethical, with respect to minority and women employees. Ethical, legal, and related issues will be discussed. The costs of the recommendations presented below will also be assessed.

At the present time, the company is under internal pressure to hire and promote both women and minority workers while simultaneously reducing employee turnover in these two groups. Internal reviews of employment data and shifts for the company which employs approximately 20,000 people suggest the following: 1) many female and min

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n the present case, the company is being directly impacted by the influx of women into the U.S. workforce. There are currently 57.8 million working women in the United States. Table I below, depicts this phenomenon. Table I Women in the Workforce by Race Race/Ethnicity Percent White 77 African-American 7 Hispanic 7 Asian/Other 4 Of the 2.9 million women who hold private sector managerial and executive position, some 86 percent are White, 7 percent are African-American, 5 percent are Hispanic, and 3 percent are Asians or others. With respect to minorities, data found in the attached tables (Estimated Illegal Immigrant Population, Women and Minorities in Public Sector Work Forces, and Female and Minority Union Membership) illustrate the fact that the American workforce has rapidly become more diverse and multicultural as new waves of legal and illegal immigrants arrive in the country and enter the workforce. Perhaps more significantly, as the attached Excel spreadsheet (Employees' Perceptions About How Their Company Values Them) demonstrates, Whites consistently believe that they are more valued by their companies than do Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, and Native Americans. Taken together, these d
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