PSYC 361 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Protected Group, Fide, Equal Protection Clause
6 Apr 2016
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Legal issues & concepts in selection & staffing. Prior to 1960"s it was not illegal to purposely discriminate in employment. Discrimination: unequal treatment, consideration, or favoring of individuals based on group, class, category to which they belong rather than an individual quality. 2. (minority hired/minority applied)/(majority hired/majority applied)minority hired/minority applied. Affirmative action: practices designed to increase the number of minority or protected class members in targeted jobs. Actively recruiting from a network with minorities to increase awareness of job opportunities. Receiving additional points in selection system for being a minority) Myths: aap"s do not = a quota system. Purpose is to encourage cultural diversity and attempt to level the playing field : aap"s are only about race. Biggest beneficiaries of aap"s are white women. Admissions to um law school made race a predominate factor in selection and this violated equal protection rights.
