2.9 Affirmative Action

Question 1

Affirmative action

Answer 1

Any action taken by an employer to overcome discriminatory effects of past or current practices or policies that create barriers to equal employment opportunity.

Question 2

Executive Order 8802

Answer 2

Declared full participation in national defense programs by all U.S. citizens, regardless of race, creed, color, or national origin.

Question 3

Executive Order 10925

Answer 3

Mandated that managers of federally-funded projects “take affirmative action” to eliminate bias in employment practices.

Question 4

Executive Order 11246

Answer 4

Required that contractors and their subcontractors doing business with the federal government have a nondiscrimination clause in contracts and abide by its terms.

Question 5

the Philadelphia Plan

Answer 5

Required contractors to establish specific goals and timetables for correcting imbalances in employment practices.

Question 6

A firm’s affirmative action plan should contain three basic elements:

Answer 6

Reasonable self-analysis, Reasonable rationale for taking affirmative action; and, Reasonable affirmative action.

Question 7

What did Affirmative Action provide that Title VII did not?

Answer 7

A way to enforce non-discriminatory practices by way of administrative action

Question 8

Which president implemented the Philadelphia Plan, which required contractors to establish specific goals and timetables for correcting imbalances in employment practices?

Answer 8

President Nixon