Increasing Utility Through Affirmative Action

Title: Increasing Utility Through Affirmative Action
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Increasing Utility Through Affirmative Action
Increasing Utility Through Affirmative Action Since the second half of the twentieth century governments and corporations have implemented numerous policies and programs which actively promote the hiring of minorities in the workplace. This active push towards diversity in the workplace is referred to as affirmative action.. Canada's Charter of Right and Freedoms even includes a sub-section that details the allowance of such programs. Opponents of these programs argue they create indefensible quotas that place unjust …showed first 75 words of 1507 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1507 total…Also, such policies will make sure that employers are hiring from their whole pool of possible employees, as a result, employers will no longer hire such a high percentage of second best applicants. Enforced programs, including quotas, are not perfect but their positive consequences far outweighs their negatives ones; which means there is a overall increase of utility and justice in the long-run. Philosophy 3406 Reid Buchanan Term Paper - Topic #2, Affirmative Action Moraldo Rantucci - 001066195

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